Swiss landscape near Geneva 1951

"Swiss landscape near Geneva", was painted by Zinaida Serebriakova, and it’s got such a feeling of calm about it. I’m thinking she probably used watercolor here, looking at the delicate way she’s handled the light. I imagine her, out in the fields, maybe a little breeze, trying to capture this expansive view of the Swiss landscape, with the Alps in the distance. The greens are so lush! And look how the mountains fade into the sky. The brushstrokes are so gentle and precise; she really paid attention to the subtle shifts in tone and color. I’m drawn to the way she rendered the shadows on the road—it gives the whole scene such depth and dimension. It’s like she's inviting us to take a stroll, or just pause to take a breath, and soak in the beauty of nature. Her work reminds me of other landscape painters, like Corot, who were trying to capture fleeting moments of light and atmosphere. It’s this constant exchange, this give and take, among artists across time that keeps painting alive.