The artwork titled “Tree” by Louise Bourgeois, created in 1998 in the United States, belongs to the genre of symbolic painting and is associated with the Confessional Art movement.
The piece depicts a stylized tree rendered in intricate, looping lines. The tree’s trunk and branches are detailed with densely packed coils and whorls, giving it a textured, almost tactile appearance. Spread out along the branches are clusters of foliage, which are similarly drawn with a dynamic, swirling technique. The sparse composition and monochromatic palette emphasize the tree’s symbolic and expressive qualities, characteristic of Bourgeois’s approach to exploring themes of memory, emotion, and personal narrative.
