Vom weissen Busch 1919

Gabriele Münter's “Vom weissen Busch” is like a garden bursting into life with globs of paint and playful energy. It's more about the feeling of growth and vibrancy than a precise botanical study, you know? What grabs me are the strokes, how she builds form with visible touches. Look at the flower heads. Each one seems to be made from daubs of color, pink halos around creamy whites. The paint isn't shy; it sits on the surface, alive and immediate. The texture makes it so you can almost feel the sun on your face and the buzzing of bees around the blossoms. There’s a blue bird at the top, like a full stop, a punctuation mark. Münter reminds me a bit of Paula Modersohn-Becker, that raw, honest approach to painting what's around you, not trying to make it perfect, just real. It's a reminder that art is more about the conversation than the final word.