Landscape 1925 - 1930

Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan made this landscape painting with oil on paper at an unknown date. The blues and greens feel so gentle and calming. I can almost feel the cool air coming off those distant blue mountains. You can see the artist’s hand in the application of these loose, gestural marks. I wonder what it was like for Weisz-Kubínčan to stand here and try to capture this landscape in paint? Did he labor over the details, or did the painting come together quickly? Was he at peace when painting it? Maybe artists make paintings to find some peace. It reminds me of Joan Mitchell's paintings of the French countryside. The painting is kind of straightforward, but you can see how Weisz-Kubínčan made it his own. He wasn’t trying to paint the landscape perfectly. Instead, he made something new, something that only he could make. That's what all painters do. That’s how we keep the conversation going.