Joann Voldemar Saarniit 1909–1984 Autumn Charms. 1969

In Joann Voldemar Saarniit's abstract painting, the impression of autumn is formed in the combination of brown tree leaves and one light source. Instead of a pessimistic view of autumn, we see how the vague light makes the leaves of the tree shine from within and turns them golden, while the leaves beyond the light are dark and do not shine through. Saarniit has not tried to convey autumn in its versatility, but the effects created by the influence of light, which are not lush like in summer or spring, but rather restrained and delicate.