Spitzwinklige Komposition auf Dunklem Grund 1948

Adolf Fleischmann made this painting called ‘Spitzwinklige Komposition auf Dunklem Grund’ with oil, and it’s just a wild jumble of geometric shapes over a dark background. There’s this one juicy spot in the middle where a blue stripe just punches through, surrounded by these nervously thin yellow lines. It’s like the whole painting is vibrating, you know? The paint itself isn’t trying to hide anything; you can see the brushstrokes, like Fleischmann was in a hurry to get these ideas down. And then there’s that dark ground—it’s not just black, it’s got this subtle texture, like it’s alive. It reminds me a little of Kandinsky, especially how he let shapes float and talk to each other. But Fleischmann, he’s got a nervous energy that’s all his own. He’s not trying to give us answers, just opening up a space for us to wander around in.