Le Cannet, Le Rideau Bleu 1926

Henri Lebasque made this painting, Le Cannet, Le Rideau Bleu, with oil on canvas. Look at those brushstrokes, how they dance and overlap to create a sense of light flickering over everything. It’s like the artist is sharing a moment, a feeling, more than just a scene. I love the way Lebasque plays with inside and outside here. The blue curtain on the right isn’t just a detail; it’s a portal. It’s got this almost hypnotic pattern that draws you in, but then your eye is pulled out, beyond the balcony, into this hazy landscape. He doesn’t give us all the answers. And there’s that figure, leaning against the wall. The paint is loose, almost like a sketch, but you feel the warmth of the sun on her skin, the quiet of the moment. It reminds me a little of Vuillard, that sense of intimate domestic space opening onto something vast and unknowable. Art’s not about telling you what to think; it’s about inviting you to feel, to wonder.