This work also strikingly depicts roses lying down. Both works, \u201cLying Roses\u201d and \u201cPeonies in Orange Light,\u201d date from 1919 and show how intensively Evard engaged with floral still life during this period\u2014yet in an increasingly modern, colour-focused visual language. In terms of motif, they are linked by the lush forms of the blossoms, which Evard interprets less naturalistically and more atmospherically and painterly.
\n\u201cLying Roses\u201d employs a varied, slightly muted palette of rose, yellow and green tones. The mood appears calm, and the blossoms stand out more clearly from the background.
\nBy contrast, \u201cPeonies in Orange Light\u201d appears as if bathed in a warm, almost glowing light. Yellow, orange and golden tones dominate here, giving the entire pictorial field a radiant, almost monochromatic intensity. This luminous glare causes the forms to merge more strongly with one another and creates an almost Symbolist effect.
\nBoth paintings exemplify Evard\u2019s development after the First World War (1914\u20131918), when he increasingly turned to modern tendencies. While \u201cLying Roses\u201d still connects to traditional still life, yet already works with chromatic simplification, this work goes a step further: here, colour becomes the true protagonist and foreshadows Evard\u2019s path towards a freer, increasingly abstracted formal language. Both works illustrate how, in this phase, Evard explores transitions between naturalistic depiction, expressive use of colour and atmospheric abstraction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peonies in Orange Light, 1919, oil on hardboard, 32 x 39 cm (R.), 18.5 x 26.2 cm (o. R.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-still-life"],"yoast_head":"\n