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At the threshold between rooms, receding to a corner, we see flowers, a curtain, and a cigarette burning on an ash tray. Some objects appear to be there simply for their decorative patterns. Rites uses non-naturalistic colors like bright reds and…

In Autumn Landscape, at first glance, the viewer appears to be standing on a riverbank, looking into a dense and active landscape. The foreground is filled with thick foliage, where leaves are depicted through repeating oval shapes and emphasized…

Although it owes something to Cézanne’s post-impressionist fields of color, Rites’ painting often de-emphasizes formal shapes that would hold together such a composition. It takes a second look to discern a house, outbuilding, and dock upon a pond or…