From Collection Decors et Couleurs, Album No. 1 1930

This is "From Collection Decors et Couleurs, Album No. 1" by Georges Valmier. Look at this orchestration of flat shapes in a limited palette of blues, yellows, pinks, and black. It’s so crisp, so clean. I imagine Valmier carefully composing this, maybe starting with a sketch, then meticulously filling in each area with color. I wonder, was he thinking about architecture when he made this? There's something architectural about the hard edges and geometric forms. The blue shape in the center almost looks like a building facade, and the yellow could be a bold art deco awning. The black zigzags make me think of decorative ironwork. It’s like he’s distilled the essence of a building down to its most essential elements. Painters like Valmier were in dialogue with each other, riffing on ideas and pushing the boundaries of abstraction. Painting is not just about representing the world but about creating new worlds, new ways of seeing.