Landscape with white house and the yellow gate 1922

Aristarkh Lentulov made "Landscape with white house and the yellow gate" with paint and a whole lotta' feeling! Look at those blocks of color, how they push and pull against each other. It's like Lentulov wasn't just painting what he saw, but also how he FELT about seeing it. There's this real clunkiness to the paint application. It's not trying to be smooth or slick. I think about those little squares of blue sky peeking through the buildings. They are small but give such a sense of freedom within the density. I'm really drawn to the way he uses color to create depth. The yellow and the white are popping. It feels kind of off-kilter in a way that's really appealing. This painting feels connected to the bold experiments of someone like early Kandinsky. It’s about capturing a vibe, a mood, more than a literal scene.