Pear Tree by Gustav Klimt Mirjam Schrei saturated colour fills large organic

saturated colour fills large organic shapes

Van Gogh renders the trees with his signature rhythmic brushwork — trunks twisting against a sky of swirling

There is something almost contemplative about the composition — the tree reduced to its essential forms

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Alice in Wonderland by Mid-century Theatre belongs to a curated selection of theatre and performance poster art spanning the 1940s through the 1960s

Pear Tree by Gustav Klimt Mirjam Schrei saturated colour fills large organicPear Tree is Klimt at his most scientifically curious painted under the visible influence of Pointillism, the canvas dissolves a blossoming tree into thousands of individual colour touches that shimmer and vibrate as a whole. The composition fills the picture plane entirely, branches reaching to every edge, so that the tree becomes an almost abstract pattern of white blossom, green leaf and blue sky. It is a rare moment in Klimt's career where