Mountain Village 1937

Sasza Blonder made this painting, Mountain Village, with visible brushstrokes, in a palette of earthy greens, browns, and blues. Look at the thick application of paint, almost as if the landscape is built up from blocks of colour! I imagine Blonder standing before the scene, palette in hand, trying to capture the essence of the place. Perhaps he squinted his eyes, simplifying the forms into basic shapes, each stroke a response to the light and shadow playing across the mountain. See how the colours vibrate against each other, creating a sense of movement? Painters like Blonder are in constant dialogue with those who came before, like Cézanne, each adding their own voice to the conversation. Blonder offers us a way of seeing and thinking about the world and captures a fleeting moment in time, an embodied expression left for us to ponder.