The 1924 work “Blue Roses,” part of the rose series, is a key and masterpiece by Evard. Building on the rose still life from the previous year, this work showcases his evolution into a master of the concrete-constructivist avant-garde. The artist deconstructs the roses into a complex construct of geometric forms that fill the entire picture plane, leading to a complete abandonment of perspectival representation. Square and rectangular forms dominate this painting: a large, tilted square frames the circular segments of the roses, creating a wonderful tension between angular and round shapes. The cool color palette \u2013 predominantly grays and blues \u2013 represents a stark departure from the natural hues of the rose still life: the motif now appears to bear a greater affinity with the world of machines. The interplay of these contrasts \u2013 the natural, organic, animated, and ephemeral on the one hand, and the constructed, calculable, mechanical, and timeless on the other \u2013 defines the power and profundity of this key work by the artist.
Blue Roses, 1924, oil on canvas, 27 x 22 cm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concrete-constructive"],"yoast_head":"\n