Running Free Centaurs
Author: Dobrovolskaya Gayane

hardboard/oil 62cm x 108cm 2015
The artwork is framed
I hope the name will cause in memory "Running free horses" of Gericault.
Silhouettes of galloping centaurs darken against the sunset sky. They are guardedly watched by people hiding behind a rock.
In European painting, the image of a centaur symbolizes the lower nature of man, his animal nature, coupled with a higher nature, human dignity and ability to judge; fierce and kind aspects of human nature and the conflict between these opposites
Silhouettes of galloping centaurs darken against the sunset sky. They are guardedly watched by people hiding behind a rock.
In European painting, the image of a centaur symbolizes the lower nature of man, his animal nature, coupled with a higher nature, human dignity and ability to judge; fierce and kind aspects of human nature and the conflict between these opposites