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Duschanek János’ painting “Departure” exemplifies the artist’s narrative and symbolically charged visual language, which fuses naïve figuration, folkloric motifs, and subtly surreal staging. Set in a nocturnal landscape illuminated by a pale moon, a group of nude women gather around a small boat, preparing to board or to embark on a journey. A clothed woman standing at the right edge of the composition observes the scene like a witness or guardian.

The rounded, deliberately non-academic bodies, the individualized gestures, and the theatrical arrangement of the figures create a blend of intimacy, quiet humour, and an undertone of mystery. The red flag, the richly coloured fabrics, and the still surface of the water add solemn and slightly surreal accents. “Departure” reveals Duschanek’s ability to transform everyday or narrative motifs into a fairy-tale-like, symbolic image world rooted in folklore yet shaped by his imaginative pictorial vocabulary.

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