Devant La Fenêtre, Ile D’yeu 1919

Henri Lebasque painted this tranquil scene, 'Devant La Fenêtre, Ile D’yeu', with oils, and a tender touch. I'm imagining him there, mixing those soothing blues and corals, trying to catch the light just right. It's that in-between time of day, right? I get the sense he's trying to paint a mood as much as a place, it's the feeling of gazing out at the water, a moment of quiet reflection, and that coral dress that just seems to glow. It reminds me of Bonnard or Vuillard; that post-Impressionist vibe, where the everyday becomes something dreamy. Look at how the brushstrokes aren't trying to hide, they're part of the story. They show you how the painting came into being, layer by layer. The soft blues speak of calm, but there’s a liveliness in the surface, like a gentle breeze. Artists, we're all stealing from each other, borrowing, and riffing. It’s a visual conversation across time. Painting is about feeling and about using colour to convey that. Painting is about the poetry of seeing.