École néo-cubiste européenne (XX) - Objets sur la table






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Objets sur la table, an oil painting from 1980–1990 by École néo-cubiste européenne (XX), originating in España, a still life (bodegón) sold with frame.
Description from the seller
Interesting modern aesthetic still life, attributable to the painter Gilbert Pastor (1932-2015), produced within a language of modern figuration with Cubist influence. The work represents an interior composition formed by a jug and an oil lamp (quinqué), arranged on a horizontal surface and treated through a sober, geometric construction that is carefully balanced.
From a stylistic viewpoint, the painting approaches the tradition of the mid-20th century European modern still life, with clear resonances of late synthetic Cubism and postwar intimate painting. The objects are not depicted from an academic naturalism, but synthesized into essential volumes, firm contours, and overlaid chromatic planes. The background, resolved through rectangles, transparencies, and shaded color zones, helps create a contained spatial structure where the elements integrate into a composition of great formal balance.
The palette, dominated by ochre tones, earth tones, browns, blacks, and warm grays, reinforces the sober and contemplative character of the scene. The treatment of light is particularly interesting: it shines on the jug and the glass of the quinqué, generating soft reflections and transparencies that contrast with the material-chromatic density of the background. This combination of opaque planes and translucent zones adds depth and visual richness to the whole.
The execution shows confidence, with restrained brushwork and a notable attention to the construction of the objects. The jug, with a bold presence and a curved profile, acts as the compositional axis opposite the lighter transparency of the quinqué, establishing a dialogue between mass and void, opacity and light, volume and plane. The result is a work of great decorative and artistic appeal, representative of a modern sensibility interested in the formal purification of the still life.
For its composition, color range, and structural treatment of the objects, the piece can be related to the realm of Gilbert Pastor, within a line of modern figurative painting rooted in Cubism, sober and elegant.
It is framed. The frame is sent as a gift and is not part of the assessment of the work.
Seller's Story
Interesting modern aesthetic still life, attributable to the painter Gilbert Pastor (1932-2015), produced within a language of modern figuration with Cubist influence. The work represents an interior composition formed by a jug and an oil lamp (quinqué), arranged on a horizontal surface and treated through a sober, geometric construction that is carefully balanced.
From a stylistic viewpoint, the painting approaches the tradition of the mid-20th century European modern still life, with clear resonances of late synthetic Cubism and postwar intimate painting. The objects are not depicted from an academic naturalism, but synthesized into essential volumes, firm contours, and overlaid chromatic planes. The background, resolved through rectangles, transparencies, and shaded color zones, helps create a contained spatial structure where the elements integrate into a composition of great formal balance.
The palette, dominated by ochre tones, earth tones, browns, blacks, and warm grays, reinforces the sober and contemplative character of the scene. The treatment of light is particularly interesting: it shines on the jug and the glass of the quinqué, generating soft reflections and transparencies that contrast with the material-chromatic density of the background. This combination of opaque planes and translucent zones adds depth and visual richness to the whole.
The execution shows confidence, with restrained brushwork and a notable attention to the construction of the objects. The jug, with a bold presence and a curved profile, acts as the compositional axis opposite the lighter transparency of the quinqué, establishing a dialogue between mass and void, opacity and light, volume and plane. The result is a work of great decorative and artistic appeal, representative of a modern sensibility interested in the formal purification of the still life.
For its composition, color range, and structural treatment of the objects, the piece can be related to the realm of Gilbert Pastor, within a line of modern figurative painting rooted in Cubism, sober and elegant.
It is framed. The frame is sent as a gift and is not part of the assessment of the work.
