In the Water (Blaas)
Encyclopedia
In the Water is an oil
on cradled panel painting of a skinny dipping
young woman by Eugene de Blaas. It is his only nude, as all his other subjects are fully clothed. It is 78.4 cm. high and 44.5 cm. tall.
, and her curly, dark brown hair is tied back. Her body is voluptuous; her neck is long, and her waist curves into wide hips. Her breast
s are full, and hair is visible on her naked vulva
.
Although there is no sun in the composition, golden light shines through the cloudy sky and reflects on the water. There is land in the background, with a patch of greenery to the right.
The artist signed his name and the date (1914) on the lower-left corner of the composition in dark ink.
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
on cradled panel painting of a skinny dipping
Skinny dipping
Nude swimming, colloquially called skinny dipping, is a term used to describe swimming naked.-Etymology:The term skinny dip, first recorded in English in the 1950s, includes the somewhat archaic word skinny, known since 1573, meaning "having to do with skin", as it exposed the naked...
young woman by Eugene de Blaas. It is his only nude, as all his other subjects are fully clothed. It is 78.4 cm. high and 44.5 cm. tall.
Description
The painting depicts a naked young woman standing up to mid-calf in water, leaning forward, looking down at a school of tiny fish. She has a rosy complexionComplexion
Complexion refers to the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially that of the face.-History:The word "complexion" is derived from the Late Latin complexi, which initially referred in general terms to a combination of things, and later in physiological terms, to the balance of...
, and her curly, dark brown hair is tied back. Her body is voluptuous; her neck is long, and her waist curves into wide hips. Her breast
Breast
The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues...
s are full, and hair is visible on her naked vulva
Vulva
The vulva consists of the external genital organs of the female mammal. This article deals with the vulva of the human being, although the structures are similar for other mammals....
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Although there is no sun in the composition, golden light shines through the cloudy sky and reflects on the water. There is land in the background, with a patch of greenery to the right.
The artist signed his name and the date (1914) on the lower-left corner of the composition in dark ink.