In his graphic works Orlik often employed techniques of shading and intensely compacted lines, straight out of his European academic training. The Leafless Tree, a work that makes me think of Xavier Mellery's Last Leaves Of Autumn (1893) is one of the most fully harmonized of this type. In it, Orlik married the expressive technique to an atmospheric Ukiyo-e theme. He succeeds in capturing a sense of movement in a medium that often appears static. I don't think it is better than Woman Carrying Wood in Winter, just different. (http://thebluelantern.blogspot.nl/2013/02/the-paradox-that-is-emil-orlik.html)