Description
The painting "Children fishing" in 1908, made by the renowned Neo Zealand Painter Frances Hodgkins, is a work that invites themselves to get lost in serenity and the peaceful world of childhood. Frances Hodgkins, an outstanding figure of modernism, is celebrated for its ability to capture everyday moments with extraordinary sensitivity, and this work is no exception.
By carefully observing "children fishing", one is immediately attracted to the simplicity and fluidity of the scene. Two children, the only characters present, concentrate all their attention on an ancient activity that evokes unusual tranquility: fishing. The relaxed position of the children, one sitting and one standing, but both inclined towards water, transmits a feeling of total immersion in their task, oblivious to the rest of the world.
The canvas is dominated by green and brown tones, with thick strokes and a certain roughness that adds texture and life to the natural elements that make up the environment. The vegetation around children is painted with a moderately loose style, without reaching abstraction but giving priority to subjective impression on rigorous detail. Water is especially interesting, it does not contain the precise reflexes of a realistic approach, but rather affects a more lyrical and loose style that reflects the innovation and explorer of Hodgkins.
The composition of the painting is meticulously structured to take the view of the viewer from left to right and from top to bottom, guided by the direction of the looks and actions of the children. The elements in the foreground are mixed harmoniously with the medium and the background, providing a depth that places the viewer in the same place from which children carry out their activity.
Although "children fishing" is not one of the best known works of Frances Hodgkins, he exemplies his ability to capture scenes of daily life with a distinctive use of color and shape. The use of a soft palette and a brush technique that touches expressiveness is characteristic of its style during these years. Although the bottom of the work and vegetation in general are treated in an impressionist way, children remain as the focus of attention, with a more defined representation but still within the same harmonious palette.
This work is registered within the period in which Hodgkins resided in Europe, a crucial stage where it absorbed influences from various artistic currents and developed its own style that oscillated between impressionism and modernism. His career is a testimony of the cultural cross between his new native Zealand and the effervescent European artistic scene of the early twentieth century.
"Children fishing" offers us an intimate and endearing vision of childhood life, combining realistic elements with a touch of subjective printing. Through this work, Frances Hodgkins not only documented, but also celebrates the simplicity and purity of living. Indeed, it is a work that, the more it is observed, the more it reveals about the human and universal values captured by the acute perception of this great artist.
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