Adoration 1962

Tsuguharu Foujita made Adoration, and what a title! It's a stage filled with devotional figures and their adoration. I imagine Foujita stepping back, squinting, mixing, and remixing to get that muted, otherworldly palette, the kind of colors that whisper secrets. What was he thinking as he laid down those soft, chalky whites and grays? Maybe about light. Look at how it hits each figure, especially her, the Queen. The drapery is fascinating. And then there are the angels floating above like memories, and all the birds at the bottom, like thoughts. To me, painting isn’t just about depicting something; it’s about feeling something and sharing that feeling. It's an embodied expression, and it's clear that Foujita's feeling here is reverence, love, and also, respect for painting itself. Foujita's work is not just his alone, it's an ongoing conversation. Like all art, this painting is an invitation to look, to feel, and to wonder.