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Helen Hyde made this print, "The Chase," and it looks like a woodblock. There’s something so beautiful in the way that the shapes and colours combine to create an image that suggests movement and spontaneity. I love the flatness of the image, the pale ground, and how the dark shapes of the figures are outlined against it. The different patterns on the kimonos, like this dark green with light flowers, are really beautiful. It's not photorealistic or trying to create a perfect illusion of space, it is creating something more evocative and atmospheric. Look at how the different figures are placed across the picture plane, the way they are chasing each other, playing under the bare trees, it's so joyful. Maybe you know the work of Edouard Vuillard? There is a similar celebration of colour and movement in his paintings, a similar sense of playfulness in everyday life. Art is an ongoing conversation across time, right?
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