モンテファルコ
1934
Signed and dated 1934 in the corner, this piece by Maurice Denis captures the sun-baked hills of Montefalco in Umbria, Italy. Though Denis was a pioneer of Symbolism who famously claimed a painting is just a 'flat surface covered with colors,' here he embraces a lovely, rustic realism. A figure carrying a bundle of sticks trudges up the foreground path, leading our eyes toward the golden, ancient town perched on the distant ridge, all rendered in warm, dusty brushstrokes that evoke the heat of an Italian afternoon.
- Technique
- Oil painting
- Material
- Canvas
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