Rafael Batallé Mallarach (España, n. 1953) - Calle mediterránea

Artist: Rafael Batallé Mallarach (Spain, born 1953)

Mediterranean Street
Date: 1979
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 × 38 cm
Framed: Does not have a frame.
Signature: Signed and dated in the lower right corner
Condition: Very good. Stable pictorial layer, well-preserved paste, no visible restorations. Original frame.

Work description
Excellent example of Spanish Mediterranean painting from the late 20th century, created in 1979, during the peak of Rafael Batallé Mallarach's artistic maturity. The work depicts a sloping street with architecture typical of the local style, built with great compositional solidity through vertical planes of facades and a profound sense of spatial depth.

The brushstroke is impasto, frank, and perfectly controlled, with the color acting as a true structural element of the composition. The female figure from behind introduces a subtle narrative component that reinforces the scale and adds depth without distracting from the pictorial whole.

The palette, dominated by ochres, earth tones, muted greens, and luminous blues, effectively conveys the Mediterranean atmosphere, reinforced by small chromatic accents that add rhythm and vitality. It is a very balanced work between tradition and modernity, with a strong visual presence and great ease of integration into a collection.

A particularly attractive piece for collectors of Spanish figurative painting and Mediterranean landscape art, both for its technical quality, aesthetic clarity, and excellent condition.

Artist biography
Rafael Batallé Mallarach is a Spanish painter born in 1953, associated with the Mediterranean landscape painting of the second half of the 20th century. Trained in the Catalan artistic environment during the seventies, he developed a body of work focused on popular architecture, historic towns, and the humanized landscape.

Her painting is characterized by a thick and constructive brushstroke, where the color organizes the composition above the drawing, placing it within a Mediterranean post-impressionist line. She has mainly worked with oil, approaching urban and rural scenes with a solid, balanced, and clearly recognizable vision.

His work has circulated in the private market and at auctions, establishing him as a representative author of contemporary Spanish figurative painting with classical roots.