03 — ARTWORK
Forest Path
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 65 x 46 cm
- TYPE
- Landscape
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Around 1875-76 László Paál painted several pictures of the same topic. The picture space of these compositions is generally closed; in their centre there is a path or road leading the eye into the depth of the field, sometimes a figure is also seen. In this painting the deepness of the forest is illuminated by the sun radiating through the foliage. thus indicating the a presence of the outside world. This masterpieceA term now loosely applied to the finest work by a particular artist or to any work of art of acknowledged greatness or of preeminence in its field. Originally it meant the piece of work by which a craftsman, having finished his training, gained the rank of'master' in his guild. is a personal and lyrical interpretation of the genreIn a broad sense, the term is used to mean a particular branch or category of art; landscape and portraiture, for example, are genres of painting, and the essay and the short story are genres of literature. of "paysage intime".
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@online{wga-rfa8f07ceac5444,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Forest Path by PAÁL, László},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pal-lszl-r9c45014b1183e9/forest-path-rfa8f07ceac5444},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
