With the lamp swinging out in the left half of the picture, the eye wanders into the blue field in the center of the picture, which is obstructed by a frontal surface with ornamental structures. They prevent the eye from penetrating into the depths. Instead, the eye is drawn to the star formation, which is set equal to the chiaroscuro of the ground. It could also jump from the green element in the left half of the picture (lamp) to the yellow-green element in the right half of the picture (curtain), glide down to the floor, and from there wander back to the starry surface set in the light-dark equivalent. The round shape, a kind of wheel, steering wheel or cogwheel drives the circling.

Description

Artwork page for ‘Gate’, Ruth Hillebrand Dane. ‘Gate’ is a painting in oil on canvas of the series ‘Lichtspielhaus’, its size measures 150 x 130 centimetres.