Eesti kunsti oksjonid

Oil on canvas. 1995.
Signature: P Mudist 95

Peeter Mudist, as the sovereign Great Visionary Painter in Estonian art, has said: “The amaryllis spreads its beauty and fragrance, which is the same color as itself. Only the stem and leaf are Veronese green. As the presented bouquet loses its flowers as it dries, a colorful building begins to take shape on the canvas, freshly painted and with free living space.” (“Illustreeritud Mudist ehk Tobias”, 2004, p. 174)

In 1995, Mudist completed another painting depicting an amaryllis, in addition to this one, with the leaf bent in a different direction than here – the artist delves deeper and observes the same flower from different angles, composes and lets art be born. This work is also among his most poetic flower paintings, the value of which lies within both a conceptual and coloristic level.

Mudist embellishes this flower with an aura of mystery, seamlessly transforming it into a part of the background painting. The artist works like an eye-splitter: we see a green-tinted trumpet of flowers but in the subconscious, an image of something unearthly rises against the background of the flower. Artist Eneli Luiga also writes: “Mudist’s painting language is mildly pastel but the energetic charge of the work can be felt from afar. The aura of the amaryllis is even physically perceptible, the queen of flowers is painted as a heavenly messenger, radiating light, warmth and brightness to the whole world. While Malle Leis surprises with composition and precision, Mudist does so with the harmony of colors and light.”

Text: Katre Palm, Harry Liivrand, Eneli Luiga