Béla Adalbert Czóbel, Still Life with Flower. , 

Béla Czóbel's "Still Life with Flower" uses watercolor and crayon to present a vibrant yet unsettling image. The composition is dominated by a vase of flowers sketched with frantic, scribbled lines, creating a sense of movement. The use of watercolor produces fluid shapes which contrast with the agitated crayon marks. The artist juxtaposes the delicate subject matter with an unsettling and raw application of media. The semiotic system at play in the still life genre—typically associated with harmony and order—is destabilized by Czóbel’s chaotic execution. There is a challenge to the traditional artistic values through an apparent rejection of clean, defined forms in favour of the immediacy of expression. Note how Czóbel’s deliberate use of line and color serve as a visual manifesto, disrupting conventional expectations and inviting viewers to question established meanings of beauty. This challenges the boundaries of visual language, reflecting broader modernist concerns with perception and representation.