Landscape with white house and the yellow gate 1922

Aristarkh Lentulov made this landscape painting of a white house and a yellow gate with what looks like oil paint. It feels like he may have been thinking about Cezanne and cubism when he painted this little town. The buildings are constructed from bold, flat planes of earthy reds and yellows, stacked together like blocks. I love how the white house pops against the muted tones, drawing your eye upwards. The bare trees add a touch of melancholy, like scribbled charcoal lines against the sky. Did Lentulov layer the paint thickly or thinly, I wonder? There's something about the way the paint is applied that makes me feel like the artist was trying to capture not just what he saw, but also how he felt about the place. It feels like the artist is in conversation with the subject matter, each stroke a response to the world around him. I love that feeling. The art world is one big conversation, and this is another artist adding his voice to the chorus.