Flowers behind the Wicker Fence (1935) by Kateryna BilokurNational Museum of Decorative Arts of Ukraine
Flowers behind the Wicker Fence (fragment)
Compositionally, Flowers behind the Wicker Fence is a perfect work which reproduces Bilokur's phenomenon - from the real into the unreal: short-growing flowers, herbs, nasturtiums, and tulips by the artist's imagination raise high above the fenceand dahlias are as tall as mallows
It is rather the Garden of Eden than a peasant homestead with such typical Ukrainian wicker fence.
Flowers behind the Wicker Fence (1935) by Kateryna BilokurNational Museum of Decorative Arts of Ukraine
The luxuriant spring, summer, and autumn flowers are brought together by the artist's will, which could never be in nature.
Flowers behind the Wicker Fence is a romantic image of Ukraine, a myth fantasticated by the artist beyond time, beyond tragic events of the 1930s when this picture was painted.
