1975 Erwin J Bendel Native Turkish Kirghiz Woman Pastel Portrait Painting 24"

Description

Vintage 1970s pastel portrait painting on paper titled "Kirghiz Woman" by Erwin J. Bendel, 5-1975. A beautifully rendered portrait of a woman in traditional Central Asian dress and draped headscarf. Beveled gilt frame; orange/brown mat.

"The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. They primarily reside in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and China. A Kyrgyz diaspora is also found in Russia, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. They speak the Kyrgyz language, which is the official language of Kyrgyzstan. The earliest people known as "Kyrgyz" were the descendants of several Central Asian tribes, first emerging in western Mongolia around 201 BC. Modern Kyrgyz people are descended in part from the Yenisei Kyrgyz that lived in the Yenisey river valley in Siberia. The Kyrgyz are a Turkic ethnic group. Recent linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Turkic peoples descended from agricultural communities or foragers in Northeast China or the Amur region, who moved westwards into Mongolia in the late 3rd millennium BC, where they adopted a pastoral lifestyle. By the early 1st millennium BC, these peoples had become equestrian nomads. In subsequent centuries, the steppe populations of Central Asia appear to have been progressively Turkified by an East Asian dominant minority moving out of Mongolia." (Wikipedia)

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear

Dimensions

19.5" x 0.75" x 23.5" (Width x Depth x Height)