Lola Liivat
1928
Flowers in a Vase. 1986
Oil, cardboard. 41.5 x 31.6 cm (framed)
price 2 100
A likeable flower painting very principally from Tartu abstractionist Lola Liivat. In the abstract bouquet, two small violets suddenly stand out, the rest of the flowers and the vase and background fuse together into an abstract painting. For Lola Liivat, colouring-based expressive abstractionism meant spiritual and political freedom that had to be fought for.