Cemetery, south of France 1920

Rupert Bunny made this painting of a cemetery in the South of France, probably in oil on canvas, though maybe on panel? Looking at the ochre field of grass, the bare branches of the tree on the left, and the light blue sky, I start to imagine the process of painting itself. Bunny might have started with thin washes of paint to establish the composition, then building up thicker layers to capture the light filtering through the trees. I can almost feel him standing there, squinting, trying to capture the hazy atmosphere. Maybe he was thinking about Cezanne and the way he captured the light and color of Provence. I wonder if he was trying to evoke a sense of peace and contemplation. The way the light is used reminds me of other paintings I've seen, by Vuillard perhaps. Artists are always in conversation, borrowing and riffing off each other's ideas. Painting is always an experiment; it embraces the unknown, making room for multiple possibilities.