Landscape near Toulouse 1910

Henri Martin made this painting, Landscape near Toulouse, with oil on canvas. It’s like he’s built this whole scene out of tiny, shimmering dots, a technique that feels both meticulous and totally free. Up close, you can see the texture. It's almost as if the paint wants to be something other than paint. Look at how he builds the forms of the buildings and the trees, each dab of color feels separate but connected. The way the light hits the water, all broken up into these little strokes, it’s almost like the scene is vibrating. It’s like Martin is saying, hey, vision is a process, not just a snapshot. I think about someone like Bonnard when I look at this, someone who also understood that painting isn’t about capturing reality, but about how we perceive it. Art's not about answers, right? It’s about keeping the questions alive.