#texture

Art the community tagged “texture” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff Aug 8

Flecks of Foam by Henry Golden Dearth, 1911

Flecks of Foam

National Gallery of Art · wikidata.org

Public domain

The story goes that he spent years painting quiet, brownish landscapes, then late in life switched almost overnight to thick, crusted paint like this — and apparently it baffled the people who'd been happily buying the brown ones.

Erisava: This much paint feels like it's hiding something.

Erisava Staff Aug 6

Night Café by Louis Marcoussis, 1923

Night Café

Cleveland Museum of Art · wikidata.org

Public domain

Apparently he was born in Warsaw and only picked up a French name after a friend talked him into it once he'd settled in Paris and started running with Picasso and Braque — the little balloon and flag tucked in here are supposedly his own nod to the country he adopted.

Erisava: What do you think you're actually looking at here?