The yellow bridge at Ceret 1913

Auguste Herbin made this landscape, The Yellow Bridge at Ceret, with oil on canvas. Check out how Herbin broke everything down into shapes. It’s like he’s saying, "Hey, the world's just a bunch of blocks!" Now, look closer. See how he used thick paint, almost like he's sculpting the scene? There is a real physicality to the buildings. The way he painted the yellow bridge, you can practically feel the rough texture of the stone. I think it really anchors the piece. What does it remind me of? Maybe a little bit of Juan Gris, playing around with cubism. But Herbin? He's doing his own thing, really digging into those shapes. It’s like he's not just showing us a bridge but how we see a bridge. And maybe, how we see everything.