Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shrovetide in Russia

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Original – Shrovetide by Boris Kustodiev

Reason: A gorgeous painting by an interesting Russian artist. Practically glows. Pretty new in the articles, but given the previous edit was August, and it does an excellent job in illustrating the text about his "colourful paintings and joyful genre pieces", I think it's stable enough.
Articles in which this image appears: Boris Kustodiev, Shrovetide
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Boris Kustodiev

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:37, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - USeful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - nice. Hafspajen (talk) 18:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support — So magically colorful – one of my favorites by Kustodiev (along with this.) Sca (talk) 19:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support ///EuroCarGT 22:56, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support But there's also a thin black line on the right edge of the photograph. Although hardly noticeable from a distance, it indeed catches ones eye upon closer examination. In fact, it looks to be cropped a little too much on the right edge. Just check out the signature. Only half of the date appears "19-". Étienne Dolet (talk) 00:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Given the shadow, I believe that's the edge of the frame - frames often cover a small amount of the original artwork, so painters who go right to the edge often find a little bit covered. Could maybe crop the line, though. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:19, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great color. APK whisper in my ear 04:15, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Saw it earlier this year on loan in Stockholm at the Royal Academy of Arts. A significant work according to the museum. I remember the colours as more bland, however a second look on the web seams to indicate that the painting is not as dull as I remember. P. S. Burton (talk) 13:37, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Did you mean earlier in 2014? Perhaps it's been cleaned since your visit? Sca (talk) 16:56, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I forgot that it is now 2015. I do not think it has been cleaned. I just remembered the colours as more bland. But then I was this picture and realised that my memory served me wrong. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'Comment New I recognized this one! Or half of it. I had a spooky feeling that I somehow know this - but in a different way. This is on of our selection of the winter pictures! Hafspajen (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Boris Kustodiev - Shrovetide - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:43, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]