Flowers on a Yellow Table 

Abraham Manievich created this still life, Flowers on a Yellow Table, with oil on canvas. At first glance, one is struck by the vibrant, almost Fauvist use of color where the yellow table provides a luminous base for the riot of floral hues above. Manievich’s brushwork here is particularly telling. Short, thick strokes give the painting a sense of immediacy and texture, disrupting any illusion of depth. This technique flattens the pictorial space, bringing attention to the surface of the canvas itself. Note how the flowers aren’t depicted with botanical accuracy. Instead, they are arrangements of color and shape, where the purple and white blooms contrast with the yellows and reds. The composition avoids traditional balance, and the flowers emerge from the vase, defying classical notions of form and order. Manievich engages with the avant-garde ideas of his time by pushing the boundaries of representation, suggesting a world seen not as it is, but as it is felt.