Jean Brusselmans

*Woman Sewing* belongs to Jean Brusselmans’s early artistic period, which was influenced by Post-Impressionism. The artist employs a very bold brushstroke and a daring colour palette. The luminous globe of the oil lamp stands out against muted colours. The female figure is composed of coloured elements. Every component of the painting is stylised. According to Brusselmans, drawing reveals a desire to construct and bring order to objects, giving them a sense of power and clarity. For him, colour “must be light and dramatic feeling”. He also said that “in art, all genres are difficult. It takes just as much talent to paint a kerosene lamp as it does to paint the portrait of a marquise.”After the war, Brusselmans turned to Expressionism, using darkened colours applied with vigorous brushstrokes. Until the end of his life, a deep sense of nature and scenes from everyday life remained present in his work; he continued to express this through a structured art form that remained true to his vision of the world. 

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