Exposition De Monaco 1920

Leonetto Cappiello made this poster for the Exposition De Monaco, and it’s all soft blues, yellows, and reds. Imagine him at the easel, the way his arm moved to create that big red and white shape. It's like a flag or a curtain, something theatrical behind the woman. I wonder what Cappiello was thinking about when he made it. The woman herself is so graceful, right? The yellow of her dress against the sky and sea—I love how those colors vibrate. Then there are the roses—some in her arms, some falling around her—like little bursts of color, mirroring the bigger red shape behind her. The thin paint is almost translucent, like watercolor, letting the light shine through. That one gesture, the way she holds a rose aloft, it’s so full of joy, or maybe even a little melancholy. This poster feels like a conversation, a visual echo of other painters and their love of color. It's a dance between the artist, the image, and us and it reminds me that painting is a way of seeing and feeling.