The Sleep (Baba)

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The Sleep
Romanian: Somnul
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Artist Corneliu Baba
Year1959 (1959)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions100 cm× 120 cm(39 in× 47 in)
LocationMuzeul de Artă, Timișoara

The Sleep (Romanian Somnul) is an oil painting by Corneliu Baba, from 1959.

Contents

Description

The painting size is 100 x 120 cm. It is in the collection of the Timișoara Art Museum. [1]

Analysis

Two working people sleep in their clothes on a brown field. His realist works show working people. [2]

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References

  1. "The Sleep".
  2. "Corneliu Baba Works | Oil Painting Blog".

Sources

Pavel Susara (2001). Corneliu Baba: Eastern European Painter. Parkstone - D.O.R. ISBN   9781859957455.