Rue a Ennery 1912

Gustave Loiseau made this painting of a street in Ennery using oil on canvas. Look at the way he builds up the surface with these little dashes of colour, a kind of broken impressionism. You can really feel the process, it's not about hiding the work but showing it. The texture is so tangible; I can almost feel the rough plaster of those old buildings under my fingertips. And the light! See how he captures the hazy, sun-drenched atmosphere with these soft blues and yellows? There's a patch of blue in the sky that feels like a memory, fleeting and ephemeral. It’s like he’s painting the very air itself. I see the ghost of Pissarro in those brushstrokes, but Loiseau brings his own quiet sensibility to the scene. It's not about grand statements, but about finding beauty in the everyday. Art isn't about answers; it's about the questions we ask, and the way we see the world around us.