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Female Nude Standing in Greenery

Aleksander Vardi (04.09.1901-18.06.1983)

1946
Oil on pasteboard
72 x 49 cm

The depiction of nudes in nature was a frequent subject in Aleksander Vardi’s work. The aim was not to create erotic, sensual nudes but rather to blend figures and nature together and to convey light and nuances of colour.

Female Nude Standing in Greenery

Stylistically speaking, Vardi has been considered one of the most consistent and thorough impressionists in Estonian art. The most distinctive feature of his paintings was the three primary colours from which he derived all the rest of the colours. By virtue of this, his paintings were full of light and air. He also conveyed experiences and impressions of nature through colours, for which reason he was called both a poet and a romantic.

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Female Nude Standing in Greenery

Aleksander Vardi (04.09.1901-18.06.1983)

By 1946, Aleksander Vardi’s creative career had lasted for 20 years and he had gone through several changes in his style. He had attracted widespread attention. Critics related positively to him. At the end of the Second World War, however, his style became more serious. The colours he used turned darker and more sombre in the 1940’s, which is connected with wartime. Prior to 1946, Vardi had withdrawn for a long time from artistic life. He did not participate in a single exhibition, yet at the same time, he worked energetically and planned a large solo exhibition. A fire that destroyed Vardi’s studio together with the paintings in it scuttled that plan, and thus few of his works from the 1940’s have survived.