The Turning Road By L Estaque
In The Turning Road, L'Estaque, named for the road that curves through the painting, Andre Detain uses intensely saturated colors, shape, and line to capture the energy and exuberance of the scene and provide an evocative and sensational interpretation of the location he chose to paint. The piece’s present location is the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, and was originally from L’Estaque, France. The piece is oil on canvas, painted in 1906.
The work is a colorful representation of a landscape, the trees and parts of the wall facing the light source are a bright orange and yellow color, the color of sun rays. In contrast, the shadows and objects that aren’t directly touched by the sun are mostly cool colors such as purple, blue, and green.
The work is a colorful representation of a landscape, the trees and parts of the wall facing the light source are a bright orange and yellow color, the color of sun rays. In contrast, the shadows and objects that aren’t directly touched by the sun are mostly cool colors such as purple, blue, and green.