Peeter Mudist 1942–2013 Poetess Lydia Koidula. 1974

This is a rather exceptional painting in the work of Peeter Mudist, a conceptual image of the well-known and beloved poetess Lydia Koidula. NB! it is not a realistic painting, but rather Peeter Mudist's impression of reading Koidula's poetry. Koidula's body language speaks primarily of the woman's struggle for freedom - if in 1974 women did not behave in any way like Koidula in this painting, today, as of 2022, exposing the upper body of feminists seems to be a normative weapon, which we learn about through the media (for example, several actions of the artist Mare Tralla and works, the struggle of Belarusian political activists from the group Femen).