The painting “Palms quartet” is inspired by the work of the French painter Henri Rousseau.
The painting was part of an exhibition organized in 2013, when this article was written. The exhibition featured works done by artists who had been influenced by Fauvism or Cubism. These are styles that arose in France during a short period around the turn of the century, around 1906.
The points I wanted to focus on in this painting were the strength and beauty of color and simplification. The simplified shapes, especially those found in Henri Rousseau’s paintings (for example “the dream”), features curves and gentle waves like those found in calligraphy.
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