The Two Sisters or The Serruys Sisters

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The compelling presence of this double portrait is due as much to Lemmen's bold use of colour as to the psychological overtones often found in his images. The colour scheme is dominated by the red dresses and the blue backdrop, while dots of orange and green are distributed across both colour zones. Lemmen's use of these colours illustrates the law of simultaneous contrast, that applying complementary hues-or opposites on the colour wheel-in adjacent areas intensifies their difference and stimulates a brilliant effect. The dotted frame, also based on juxtaposing complementary hues, is a rare example of an original Neo-Impressionist frame.

Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Holliday Collection