Cobblestones and tiles 1962

Yuriy Khymych made this painting, Cobblestones and tiles, with paint on canvas, and what strikes me is how the buildings are built up and tilted and terraced with these small figures at the bottom. I love how the artist has chosen to use such thick black outlines. He must have spent a lot of time on this, going back and forth, editing, thinking, shifting the colours, and then using big brush strokes for the sky. What would it have been like for him to look at the scene in front of him? What was he trying to capture? I mean look at the little red window frames against the white building! The whole painting makes me think of other painters like David Hockney and Milton Avery who have also tried to capture what they see in front of them, not exactly, but in their own way. Ultimately, it shows how artists are constantly in conversation with one another, inspiring new ways of seeing and creating. It's kind of beautiful, right?