In the context of They Did Not Expect Him, discuss the Composition of the Analysis.
The man's emotion is also palpable. Repin painted and changed his facial expression and head inclination at least three times. Repin had to choose a head inclination position between the elevation of the hero and the lassitude of the martyr, and he eventually retained a questioning and uncertain expression, where there is also heroism and suffering.The pictorial composition revolves around the exile and his mother, as well as their exchange of gazes. The mother is the link that connects her son, who is still a stranger in this luminous interior, to the rest of the family. The movement she makes towards him is highlighted in the painting by the chair she pushes aside. The painting's centre is occupied by her hand and that of her daughter-in-law, who is seated at the piano.The secondary characters, such as the child seated at the table in the right part of the painting, give the painting life, consistency, and a lyrical warmth. Other details contribute to this, such as the little girl's posture with her unusually curved legs, and the sensitively painted furnishings of an apartment typical of a family of the intelligentsia at the time.
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