the bundle of turnips fernand leger

the bundle of turnips fernand legerIn The Bundle of Turnips, Fernand Lger combines the human figure with still life in a simple yet highly structured composition. A woman holds a bundle of vegetables in the foreground, surrounded by everyday objects such as a teapot and a table. The forms are drawn with very pronounced black outlines, and the colours are applied in clean blocks, giving the whole a highly graphic appearance, almost like a poster or an illustration. This work dates from

qui relève du paysage

The colours are natural and soft

belongs to the Symbolist movement and the Vienna Secession

creating a tension between the delicate realism of the original work and the raw energy of dripping

in which every element - from the cobblestones of the street to the wooden shutters being refreshed by the painters - is rendered with precision

rhythms and silences in the composition

the artist offers us a window onto the traditions and festivities of the Japan of yesteryear

are engulfed by the music

With The builders with aloe

a dark area suggests hair

yet always inspired by objects and machines

an impression of resignation and appeasement emanates from this post-impressionnist work