Landscape with Road 1916

Janos Mattis-Teutsch made this painting, Landscape with Road, with what looks like oil on board. The colours are so uplifting, zingy and joyous! Look at the way Mattis-Teutsch uses these bright greens and yellows in such broad strokes. You get the sense that he's really embracing the process of painting, letting the colours flow and blend together. It is like he's creating a world that's not quite real, but somehow more alive than reality. I love how the road cuts through the landscape, guiding your eye deeper into the scene. Notice the texture on the surface, almost like the board is breathing. There’s a lovely area in the lower left corner, where the green is really dense and vibrant, like a little explosion of energy. It reminds me a bit of Van Gogh’s landscapes, not in style so much as in spirit. Ultimately, it's a reminder that art is a conversation, an exchange of ideas across time and space, and that ambiguity is not a weakness, but a strength.