Sunday Afternoon

George Morren (Belgian, 1868-1941)

1892. холст, масло. 20.0 x 29.31 cm см. Indianapolis Museum of Art.

A woman seated beside a window has long been a popular subject for European painters. Here Morren applied the progressive approach of Neo-Impressionism to this traditional theme. The artist transformed this silent realm crowded with furnishings and keepsakes into an intricate, colorful pattern of carefully applied dots, even daring to depict the paisley shawl in both shadow and bright light. The twisted rods at the right are the drying racks of a stove. They add an energetic note to the motionless scene.