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Combing
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: Vilmos Aba-Novak
A figure absorbed in combing her hair, painted by Vilmos Aba-Novak with rough, physical brushwork. This hand-painted oil painting reproduction brings the quiet weight of the original into your own room.
Description
Description
A figure sits still, fingers drawn through hair, caught mid gesture in a moment that asks for nothing but quiet. Combing, by the Hungarian painter Vilmos Aba-Novak, holds a private act of grooming at the centre of the canvas and lets it carry the whole weight of the picture. Bring this scene into a room and it offers something rare: attention paid to the ordinary, made permanent.
About Combing Aba-Novak Oil Painting Reproduction
Aba-Novak worked in the early decades of the twentieth century, part of a generation of Central European painters who turned away from history painting and religious subjects toward the unremarkable business of daily life. Here that shift becomes a study of the human body at rest and at work on itself. The figure is not smoothed into elegance. Limbs, shoulders, the tilt of a head, all carry a physical bluntness that refuses prettiness in favour of presence.
The paint itself does much of the talking. Aba-Novak built his surfaces with a rough, almost coarse application, laying colour on in a way that leaves the brushwork visible and the canvas alive with texture. Light does not glide across this scene so much as catch on it, snagging on ridges of pigment and settling into the shadows of a modest interior. The palette stays close to earth tones and muted flesh colour, restrained enough to keep the moment private rather than theatrical. It belongs to a period when the artist was moving confidently between expressionist handling and a grounded, almost sculptural sense of the figure.
The hand-painted reproduction
Owning a hand-painted oil painting reproduction of this work means owning the record of another set of hands at work, not a printed copy of one. A trained painter studies the original palette, the weight of every brushstroke, and the way pigment sits and dries in low relief, then rebuilds all of it in oil on canvas, layer by layer. The surface keeps its texture. The colour keeps its depth. What arrives is a painted object, handmade by a professional artist, carrying the same physical presence as the source it was copied from.
- Hand-painted reproduction in oil on canvas
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included
- 90 day returns with a full refund or a free replacement, no restocking fee
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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