A man of great age and evident experience looks directly at the viewer. The red turban, the warm yellow robes, the lines mapping decades across his face — all rendered in confident pen and ink with restrained colour wash. The painting asks nothing of the subject except that he be seen. He is.
A man of great age and evident experience looks directly at the viewer. The red turban, the warm yellow robes, the lines mapping decades across his face — all rendered in confident pen and ink with restrained colour wash. The painting asks nothing of the subject except that he be seen. He is.