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joyful shapes: organic leaf forms and saturated colour fields overlap and interlock
letting the upper petals open into clear ground
the intricate gold patterning
The vertical format deepens the sense of stillness
Flowers and fruit (1924) by Georges Valmier Material:225g Fine Art Paper joyful shapes: organic leaf formsPainted in 1924, this still life reveals Valmier at the height of his Cubist inflected abstraction. Flowers and fruit dissolve into interlocking planes of vivid colour warm oranges, deep purples, and acid greens held together by confident curvilinear contours. The composition pulsates with decorative energy while retaining a clear sense of volume and spatial depth. It is a work that belongs equally to the tradition of French still life painting and to