Madonna with child, surrounded by musical angels 1935

Gerda Wegener made this artwork named 'Madonna with child, surrounded by musical angels' with a pale and muted palette. I can imagine her there in the studio, pushing the paint around, trying to capture the soft glow of the angels' wings. It's like she's building a whole world right there on the canvas. I wonder what she was listening to while she was making it? Maybe some classical music to get her in the mood. I can see how the flat planes of color and the art deco geometry of the figures give it an ethereal quality. It’s as if she's trying to capture something beyond the visible, something almost dreamlike. Think about the way she laid down each stroke, almost tenderly, building up these angelic figures. What do the curves and lines suggest? It feels like Wegener is reaching back into art history and dragging a classical scene kicking and screaming into the modern age.