The French Fan 1922

Emil Carlsen made this still life painting, "The French Fan," with oils and a whole lot of looking. The piece is super muted, almost dusty, but there are these jolts of green that really get you. Look at that statue and the little bottle in the foreground! It's like, BAM, color! The way Carlsen layers the paint makes it feel like you could reach out and touch these objects. And that fan? It’s not just a fan, it's a whole story, or maybe just the hint of one. It’s like he’s saying, hey, art is just stuff we look at, but it’s also a doorway to other worlds, other times. Like Morandi, maybe, but with a touch more… whisper. It feels so intimate, like you are stumbling into someone's private, tender thoughts. Art is such a cool conversation!