Geraniums 1960

Corneliu Michailescu made "Geraniums" with oil paint and a whole lotta heart. It's the kind of painting where you can practically feel the artist wrestling with the medium, but in a good way, like they're dancing together! The blues in this artwork, they're not just blues, they're like a whole symphony of blues, from the palest sky blue to a deep, almost navy. And then BAM! Those vibrant greens and reds of the geraniums pop out at you. Michailescu really went to town with the texture. You can see every brushstroke, every dab of paint, like he was building this little world right in front of our eyes. Look at how he suggests the form of the leaves, not with outlines, but with these juicy, loaded brushstrokes. I see echoes of the Fauvist painters here, like Matisse, maybe, but with a Romanian twist. Ultimately, "Geraniums" is not just a painting of flowers, but a celebration of painting itself, a reminder that art is as much about the process as it is about the final product.