Azure 1933 Oil on canvas Private Collection |
"The old houses, trees, corners, barns, canals [now] are all spoiled destroyed made way for hard mechanical improvements to accommodate . . the human herd. Gone [are] the thoughts, feelings, problems that one takes & hangs on them. Only in the air and valley or river still palpi tates memory and spirit.... [Azure]is a free sum of a thousand similar typical places ... the lyrical is the essence, alone, of the life joy." |
Oscar Bluemner |