Cagnes 1934

Carl Moll made this painting, Cagnes, with oil on canvas and look at how he's applied that paint. It's thick and juicy, a real record of the hand moving. You can almost feel the rhythm of his brushstrokes, dabbing and swirling to build up this landscape. The physicality of the medium is so present, isn't it? See that lone tree in the foreground, the way he's built it up with these chunky strokes of grey and green. It's like he's not just painting a tree, but reconstructing it, piece by piece, into something new. There’s something about this that reminds me of Van Gogh, that same intensity and passion in the way he manipulates the paint. But Moll has his own voice, his own way of seeing the world. It is so interesting to see art as a continuous conversation, each artist building on what came before, adding their own unique perspective to the mix.