New Realism Watercolor Portrait of a Young Girl by Siebert

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This is not a joyful young girl free of worry. Instead, based on her expression in 1922 when this portrait … Read more This is not a joyful young girl free of worry. Instead, based on her expression in 1922 when this portrait was done, the sitter’s childhood was effectively over. With one of her two good dresses covered in an apron, hair caught in a tidy braid, she has already had more than her share of labor.
The painting’s style is a form of realism that was prevalent in early 20th-century European art, sometimes categorized as New Realism or Expressionism. Here the focus is on capturing the subject in a contemplative pose—one that only hints at the total resignation yet to come.

Signature: Lower left. Image: 23.5 x 19.25 See less