By the Oise at Parmain 1898

Gustave Loiseau created this oil on canvas, By the Oise at Parmain, with an emphasis on structure, composition, and form. Note the way the composition is arranged into distinct horizontal layers, with the grassy foreground, the river Oise, and the buildings across the river. These layers provide a sense of depth and spatial organization. Loiseau's broken brushstrokes serve as a formal device that destabilizes conventional representation, pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a landscape painting. The artist's use of impasto also calls attention to the materiality of paint itself. Consider how the artist's application of paint serves not only to depict a scene, but also to disrupt traditional ways of seeing. This subversion, together with the work's simplified form, asks us to question fixed meanings. The result is an ongoing dialogue between representation and abstraction, challenging the viewer to reconsider the nature of art itself.