Le vent no 11 1960

Rene Duvillier made "Le vent no 11" using brisk brushstrokes of blue paint on a rectangular canvas. The way Duvillier handles the paint feels like an immediate response. You can almost feel the wind he's named the piece after! Up close, you see how the paint has these incredible streaks and drips. Look how the brushstrokes curve and swirl, creating a sense of movement and energy. The dark blue creates a somber and moody kind of atmosphere, but it's also really dynamic. Check out the upper right corner, the way the brush seems to lift off the canvas, leaving these wispy trails? It's like the wind is taking the paint right off the surface. The white ground peeks through, making the blue feel even more alive, more present. It reminds me a little of Joan Mitchell's landscapes, that same sense of capturing a feeling or a force of nature, but with a quieter, more internal kind of energy. Painting like this reminds us that nothing is ever really fixed, and everything is always in motion.