Painted in 1914, the first year of the war, this work by André Evard captivates with its pointillistic brushwork and axially symmetrical composition.
The viewer’s gaze is guided by a stone path that divides the flower meadow in the lower half of the painting and leads directly into the image, towards a church with a pointed, tall spire. The chapel is flanked by spherical and cylindrical trees and is accessible via a staircase, on which a single woman is seen from behind. The color scheme is harmoniously rendered in shades of red, white, and green, repeating across all pictorial planes, which almost negates the sense of perspective depth here.