The Boulevard 1911

Gino Severini made 'The Boulevard' with oil paint, and it's a wild dance of shapes. It's like he took a city scene and then exploded it, reassembling it into these gem-like facets. Looking closely, it's easy to see how the texture isn’t smoothed over but left kind of raw, with distinct marks, like you can see how the triangles of blue and green create depth, almost as if you could step inside. And the figures! They’re almost swallowed up by the architecture, just these hints of human presence in the midst of all this dynamic geometry. Severini feels like an artist who was really interested in the tempo of modern life. Thinking about other artists who play with form like this, I'm reminded of Juan Gris. Ultimately, this piece feels like an experiment, an invitation to see the world not as a static thing but as an ever-shifting kaleidoscope.