185. Peasant Interior [cca. 1930]

The artist creates a painting with a profound documentary character, marked by the objectivity of the viewer who passively witnesses what is happening in front of them. His creation abounds in interiors, which Nicolae Enea translates into pictorial matter in which he embeds the emotion of everyday life. The stylistic expressiveness of the artist will draw its sap from realism and classicism, Nicolae Enea also turning his attention to idealization, decorativism and expressionism. The rich chromatics, the intricate patterns and the abundance of decorative elements, especially traditional elements: pots, vases, clay mugs, tables and divans, colored cloths, or even the vegetable element (flower pots) indicate the artist's certain endowment with a fine sense of composition. In this work we find the furniture - the bed, the table, the divan; but also the towels, the flowers, or even the enticingly arranged dishes on the table. The radiography of rural life, captured through the prism of the home this time, presents Nicolae Enea as a fine observer, attentive to the smallest details.

References

The catalogue of the retrospective exhibition "Nicu Enea", Bacau County Museum of History and Art, 1978.

Dimensions

width 50.5 cm, height 36 cm

Description

ulei pe carton, signed lower left, in brown, "N. Enea"

Dating

cca. 1930

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