Untitled 

Here we see an untitled painting of a woman with an umbrella by Antonio Bueno. Bueno, who was born in 1918, grew up in a time of significant cultural and political upheaval in Europe. The woman's image in the painting strikes me as particularly interesting when considered through the lens of gender and class. While the umbrella and hat suggest a certain bourgeois respectability, there is a formality to the figure, a certain stoicism that seems to challenge traditional representations of femininity. The woman is not smiling, she appears self-contained and self-possessed. Her expression evokes a sense of interiority, a silent strength. It invites us to contemplate the complex interplay of identity, representation, and lived experience. It captures a moment of quiet contemplation.