50. Beach in Corsica [1933]

An important chapter in the work of the artist Samuel Mützner is represented by his travels to Japan, Morocco, Spain or Latin America, where he will depict and study various human typologies, attitudes and customs of the locals. He will predominantly focus on the cityscape, revealing the pictoriality of the atmosphere through transparent shadows, unusual tones and novel details of forms. The current work, is dated 1933 and is part of his travel period, the sea and the landscapes he will capture and will highlight in other works: "Women on the beach" (1930s), "Landscape from Ajaccio-Corsica" (1930s), "Coast at Balchik" (1930s), "The port of Ajaccio"(1929) or "Landscape with papayas and Mount Temptation" (1934). The capture of a beach is not accidental. For Mützner, the sea represents not just a geographic space, but a territory of plastic revelation. The intense light, the color of the water offer him the ideal opportunity to explore the vibration of color and atmospheric effects. His searches and studies have taken him to many different places where he had the opportunity to grow, enrich his knowledge and expand his thematic area in his works. The sea symbolizes, in mythology and culture, a primordial element of life, regeneration and purity, often representing a mystical, unknown and deep space. As an unfathomable and uncontrollable expanse, it suggests chaos, but also the role of purification and spiritual transformation.The work captures a sunny day at the beach and with clear water, in changing shades of turquoise and deep blue. The beach is depicted in warm tones that contrast with the blue of the sea. The sand is rendered with broad, vibrant brushstrokes, suggesting its texture and warmth. The characters on the beach, do not dominate the scene, but are naturally integrated into the landscape, accentuating the contemplative dimension of the work. The strokes are free, fluid, giving the impression of continuous motion.The piece is not just a faithful rendition of a place, but a meditation on the encounter between man and nature. The sea becomes a symbol of infinity and freedom, and the beach, a space of transition between stable and fluid, between earth and water. In front of the blue expanse and the endless line of the horizon, the sea becomes for the artist a space of contemplation and inner balance. Through light, volume and vastness, the artist transforms the landscape into a plastic meditation on freedom and time. The sea is not just a study of landscape, but a synthesis of the experiences and journeys made by this one. The scene highlights the ability to transform reality into a poetic vision and to convey, through refined plastic means, the deep spirit of the place. (S.S)

Препратки

ANDREESCU, Viorica, "Samuel Mutzner", Meridiane Publishing House, 1974. MARIAN, Rodica, "Samuel Mützner", Antet Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005.

Размери

width 54 cm, height 44 cm

Описание

oil on canvas glued on cardboard, signed and dated bottom right, in black, "S. Mützner, 1933"

Запознанства

1933

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