The Green Lot 

Henri Martin painted 'The Green Lot' with oil on canvas. The artist uses a pointillist style, where small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Martin's technique involved a laborious process of building up layers of tiny brushstrokes. This wasn't just about depicting a scene; it was about the physical act of making, and how that process could infuse the artwork with a sense of vibrancy. The pointillist approach itself was radical in its time, challenging traditional notions of artistic skill, and engaging with new ideas about how we see and understand the world. Consider the work involved, the hours of patient application. It wasn't mass production, but it wasn't exactly 'art for art's sake' either. It was somewhere in between, an expression of individual skill, yet reflective of the broader shift towards mechanized production. This painting invites us to consider the labor embedded in its making, and how that labor contributes to its overall effect.