Toamna

Toamna

Aurel Băeșu

1922

From the collection of Bucharest Municipality Museum

About this work

This painting shows a blurry, colorful scene of a park or garden in what looks like autumn. Trees with bare branches and a few scattered leaves fill the top half, while a low wooden fence runs along the bottom. The colors are thick and mixed—lots of reds, greens, and browns—with brushstrokes that make the whole thing feel rough and alive. The artist used a lot of paint, almost like they slapped it on the canvas in chunks. This makes the scene feel textured and real, like you could reach in and touch the leaves or the fence. Look up impasto next to see how artists use thick paint like this.

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