Street Scene in Prague 1981

Maria Bozoky made this small watercolor, Street Scene in Prague, using loose, sketchy lines and a muted palette that feels both immediate and dreamlike. I can imagine Bozoky setting up her easel on a quiet corner, the paper absorbing each delicate wash of color, trying to capture not just the look, but the feel, the very essence of this place. There’s a real sense of atmosphere, a quiet, contemplative mood that makes me want to slow down. Look at how she renders the trees – with quick, scribbled strokes of greens, yellows and browns, capturing their volume and form, but not literally, more like an echo of the light filtering through the leaves. It makes me think of other artists like Raoul Dufy, who also used color and line to evoke the feeling of a place. I'm sure that Maria was in dialogue with so many artists, known and unknown, through art history, adding her own voice to the conversation.