Lola Bech (1903-1987) - L'Estiu de 1960

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Signed and dated in Tossa de Mar. The original photograph of Lola Bech herself is attached, reproducing the composition of the painting.

- Imagine the sun of Tossa de Mar in that summer of 1960, a sun that Lola Bech, with her keen eye for color, knew how to capture and tame on the canvas. There is her brother, a man who embodies the carefree spirit of 1960s Catalonia, of those long afternoons where time dissolved between the murmur of the waves and the whispers of conversations. There is no pose of imposture, but natural languor, almost feline, as he rests on a venerable medieval wooden bench, a silent witness to centuries of stories. He wears a Hawaiian shirt, a vibrant challenge to the heat, with tropical motifs that speak of other worlds, of a modernity already knocking at the door, and blue drill trousers which, together with his espadrilles, complete an ensemble of pure Mediterranean summer.

The atmosphere carried that particular mix of the ancient and the new, of troubadours who were beginning to murmur their truths in Catalan and of the first German tourists discovering the secret coves of the Costa Brava. This Lola Bech’s brother could well be one of those children of opulence vacationing by the shore, with the certainty of an endless summer, where the concerns of deep Spain seemed distant. Lola, with every brushstroke, not only portrays a family member, but captures the mood of an era, the salty breeze caressing the skin, the golden light flooding every corner, and the promise of an incipient freedom. It is a painting that, beyond the figure, is a fragment of memory, a piece of that lost paradise that Tossa de Mar represented for a generation.

- Lola Bech (1903-1987) was a prominent Catalan-school painter whose career, started at the Llotja School, solidified through an impressionist and decorative aesthetic focused on landscape and still life. Co-founder of the Associació d'Art in 1926 and a key figure in the creation of the Municipal Museum of Tossa de Mar in 1935, Bech made this coastal town her vital and creative epicenter, living among masters such as Marc Chagall or André Masson. Her international reach led her to exhibit successfully in Paris, where critics compared her to figures like Berthe Morisot or Mary Cassatt, ensuring that her work, characterized by a fresh brushstroke and vibrant use of color, is today part of prestigious institutions such as the Barcelona and Madrid modern art museums, as well as the collection of the Prince’s Palace of Monaco.

- Dimensions of the unframed image: 65 x 80 cm / 89 x 104 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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