This oil painting, titled "Beet Pickers" by Mikhail Akimovich Dyukarev (1957), is housed in the Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I

This oil painting, titled "Beet Pickers" by Mikhail Akimovich Dyukarev (1957), is housed in the Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I.N. Kramskoy in Voronezh, Russia. The scene depicts two women engaged in manual agricultural labor. The prominent figure, a woman occupying the left and central-left portion of the frame, is shown bent forward, gazing downwards and to her right. She wears a light cream-colored headscarf adorned with a floral pattern of red, green, and blue accents, tied beneath her chin. A white band of fabric is visible beneath the scarf on her forehead. Her complexion is ruddy, particularly on her cheeks and nose, and she exhibits a subtle, focused smile. She is dressed in a heavy-looking, dark grey or blue-grey long-sleeved garment. Her right arm extends into the foreground's dense, textured foliage. To the right of the primary figure, within a field characterized by varied brushstrokes depicting green, yellow, brown, and reddish vegetation, several light-colored, bulbous objects identifiable as beetroots are visible, some appearing partially unearthed. A second individual is partially visible on the far right, positioned similarly to the main subject, wearing a light pink upper garment and a dark head covering or hair. The background consists of an indistinct, textured expanse of muted greens, browns, and grays, suggesting an open, cultivated landscape under soft, natural light.