Juliette Trullemans-Wytsman

Around 1890, Juliette Wytsman began painting en plein air in the countryside on the outskirts of Brussels (Tervueren and then Linkebeek, south of Brussels), very often in spring or summer: orchards, fields, meadows and ponds dotted with flowers became her favourite subjects. Here, the cherry trees in bloom stretch across the entire width of the painting, whilst in the background other trees follow, obscuring the horizon. The white flowers are depicted here dynamically with a vigorous touch, blending blues and radiant orange. The painting brilliantly demonstrates the artist’s mastery of the vibration of light and its fluidity. The white flowers almost shimmer in the sunlight. To depict the shadows of the trees on the ground, she uses diagonal green hatching. A contemporary critic remarked that one could sense ‘the intoxication of fresh air, dew and sunshine’ in her paintings.

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