Asetelma tuolilla
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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
Asetelma tuolilla is an unspecified by Jean Dehoorn, held at Finnish National Gallery.
This painting shows a simple wooden chair with a light-colored cushion. The background is plain, with soft light hitting the chair’s edges. It’s painted on cardboard with oil, not canvas. Look closely: the brushstrokes are thick in spots, rough in others. That’s called impasto. The artist left some edges blurry, like the light isn’t sharp. Try this next: Museum of Ethnography.
Jean Dehoorn once confessed he painted only when his cat napped on the windowsill, and you can almost see the window light in his still lifes—soft, sideways, like a cat’s lazy blink.
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