Tanzende Negerinnen 1904

Leo Putz made this painting, Tanzende Negerinnen. I can just imagine him, with his brushes, capturing a fleeting moment of dance and joy! The brushwork is so free and expressive. The surface kind of shimmers with these light greens and yellows, like you're looking at a memory. And then these figures emerge, not quite solid, but full of movement and energy. There is a joyous release in the application of paint which echoes the women dancing. Look at the peacock feathers, how each dab of paint creates a sense of texture and depth. It's so interesting how artists like Putz, and so many others, are in this ongoing conversation across time, inspiring each other. Painting is like this embodied expression. It embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations, more than fixed meanings.