Evening in March 1902

Karoly Ferenczy made this painting, "Evening in March", with oil on canvas, though it's undated, it holds a certain timelessness. You get the sense that Ferenczy really worked at this painting, adding layers, scraping back, and adjusting the colour relationships, all as part of the process. There’s this great tension between the yellow of the church steeple and the looming white tree. You can see where he mixed green into the blue to make it more interesting and give it that depth that keeps your eye moving across the painting. And the wall! That's my favourite bit - see how he mixed all those colours and tones so the wall looks old and full of character? It reminds me of a few paintings by Bonnard, he always took so much time over his works too. Like Bonnard, Ferenczy captures a world of feeling and a sense of life moving forward. The beauty of art, right? There's no one way to see it or understand it.