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far from appearing helpless, the look on the subject's face appears disappointed by the situation but remains resilient with pride. Most paintings in his body of work highlight social-realist perspectives in depicting the struggle of the times. He almost always positioned human figures in the foreground behind natural landscapes and seascapes in lighter palettes or urban scenes but in more subdued colors.
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