Derain - The Procession

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A vibrant, stylized painting depicts a group of women in a cemetery under a bright sky. The central figure, a white woman with reddish-orange hair and fair skin, walks forward in a form-fitting white dress with thin straps, her left hand slightly raised. She wears black shoes. To her left, two white women stand together. One has blonde hair and holds a woven basket with yellow and orange flowers, while the other, with dark hair covered by a white hat, stands slightly behind. A fourth white woman with long, dark hair, wearing a red headscarf, stands closest to the left edge of the frame, partially obscured. All four women are dressed in white.

Behind them, a tall, slender brown tree dominates the center of the background. Further back, three more women in white dresses walk away from the viewer along a winding path. The woman closest to the center has dark hair and wears red shoes. To the right of the path, a single white gravestone is visible, and in the distance, more gravestones and tall, slender green trees rise above the cemetery landscape.

The ground is a mix of green grass and a warm orange path, indicating strong lighting and shadows. The sky is a vivid blue