Market at Minho 1915

Sonia Delaunay's 'Market at Minho' is a riot of colour, a canvas buzzing with life. You can imagine her, brush in hand, dancing with the scene, capturing not just what's there, but how it feels to be there. The painting's alive with oranges, reds, blues, and yellows swirling together, creating a symphony of shapes that echo the energy of a bustling market. Look at those concentric circles, how they pull you in, almost like a vortex of human activity. I wonder if she was thinking about how colour can express movement, like cars speeding past on a highway? I sympathize with Sonia as I'm looking at this painting. I can imagine her trying to juggle all these elements, figures, buildings, objects, and distill them into something that's both abstract and recognizable, and the end result is this incredible balancing act. Sonia's not trying to show us what a market looks like, she's trying to show us how it feels to be alive. And that’s what makes painting so exciting: it’s an ongoing conversation with artists of the past, present, and future, echoing and riffing off each other’s ideas.