Curatorial Narrative In the midst of the turbulent 1930s and early 1940s, Edwin Schruers produced “Patience: unidentified character 2,” a work that embodies the artist’s unique blend of figurative representation and expressive brushwork. The painting’s visual mechanics are characterized by loose strokes and an expansive palette, which conveys a sense of dynamism and emotive intensity. Schruers’ use of vibrant colors pinks, blues, greens, reds, and purishes serves to create a spatial rhythm that draws the viewer into the work.The figural subject is shrouded in a deep blue atmosphere, its contours softened by the loose brushwork. The chromatic structure of the painting is at once fragmented and cohesive, as if the artist has woven disparate threads together to form a rich tapestry. As “Patience” assumes its place within a luxury interior environment specifically when enlarged to 44×66 its compositional structure takes on a new lev