Tatar Women in Mangalia 1930

Francisc Sirato captured "Tatar Women in Mangalia" with what looks like very deliberate brushstrokes, loaded with feeling. You can see the ochres, the muted reds, and the cool greens layered on top of each other; it's like watching a memory unfold. I wonder what it was like to stand there in Mangalia, in the artist's shoes. What he might have been thinking, seeing those women, the way the light hit the buildings. The paint’s not too thick here, but each dab and stroke is so sure. That little window, slightly crooked, tells a whole story, right? It reminds me a bit of Bonnard's intimate domestic scenes, or maybe even some early Diebenkorn, but with its own Eastern European twist. Artists, they're always talking to each other across time, riffing on each other’s ideas. Painting's like that—it’s not about getting it "right," but about finding something true.