Interior with Standing Nude 1908

Harald Giersing made this painting, Interior with Standing Nude, with oil on canvas. I imagine Giersing built this image up with layers of small strokes, like a mosaic. What was he thinking, setting up this scene? The way the artist models the nude figure—it's not about volume, it's about texture. It’s all touch, really. I like how the brushstrokes, the dabs of color, create a sort of vibration across the surface of the painting. I mean, it's such an intimate scene, yet it's also so distant. There’s something about the way he captures light, the way it illuminates the figure and casts shadows on the walls, that reminds me of Bonnard. We, as painters, are always looking at each other’s work and learning from it. Like kids trading secrets in a candy store. We’re all in conversation. And it’s in that process of exchange that painting really comes alive.