Fata Morgana

Mediums: oil, canvas.
Location: private collection.

One of Tchelitchew’s most famous paintings is associated with a complex mirage, when highly distorted, constantly changing objects appear over the horizon, as well as with the legend about King Arthur and enchantress Morgana, sensual and dangerous due to her ability to take any form. If the viewer saw mountains and a string of wandering travelers towering above the green hills – he is right. If you immediately saw a giant naked man and a woman lying in free poses like a “jack”, you can examine every bend of their bodies. The artist, who organically fit the figures into the landscape, was probably inspired by paintings by Degas, who disguised the anthropomorphic silhouette in the landscape in 1890.