Roadside house 1931

Tadeusz Makowski’s Roadside House is a painting where the buildings and figures are enveloped by a landscape executed with loose, gestural brushstrokes, giving a real sense of the process. The colour palette here is so interesting! A range of earthy tones - pinks and greens, ochre and tans – these colours shape our emotional experience of the artwork, giving a cozy, lived-in vibe. Look at the wall, a physical marker of public and private space, dividing the scene into distinct zones, but then note the fluidity of the paint application, these strokes create a sense of movement. Is that a person standing near the house? I'm reminded of Bonnard's domestic scenes, where interior and exterior spaces blur, and daily life becomes a dance of color and light. Like Bonnard, Makowski isn’t trying to nail down a definitive representation; he invites ambiguity, leaving room for our imaginations to wander.