<Paysage de l’Estaque>

Starting in 1906, Georges Braque undertook a series of trips to the south of France. Painted at the height of Fauvism, this landscape depicts a path overlooking the sea in the hills of L’Estaque, near Marseille. The elements of the composition are interwoven in a web of colourful arabesques, as if painted in a single stroke. Supported by sinuous blue shadows, the purple tree trunks seem to be dancing freely. The strong sunlight floods the different planes and allows them to merge. The white of the canvas, unpainted in places, contributes to this dazzling effect.