1968
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
Dominant colour
Casa porumbeilor la Cannes is a 1968 by Micaela Eleutheriade, held at National Museum of Art of Romania.
This painting shows a messy, colorful scene with tall palm trees and tangled branches. The colors are bright but uneven—some spots look wet, others dry. A bird perches on a branch, and a boat sits half-buried in the bottom left corner. The background has a rough, textured look, like the paint was slapped on quickly. The artist’s signature is scrawled in the corner, but the style feels loose and raw. It’s not polished or smooth—more like a quick sketch with bold strokes. Next, check out impasto to see how artists use thick paint like this.
Micaela Eleutheriade (1900–1982) was a noted Romanian painter and engraver. She was a descendant, through her mother, of the painter Gheorghe Tattarescu, the pioneer of neoclassicism in Romania.
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