Roberto Michel (1948) - Vanitas du As de Trèfle

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Hand-signed.

- Roberto Michel’s still lifes are authentic feasts for the eye, where the pompous and ostentatious abundance is not limited to the accumulation of objects, but to the exaltation of its own material. In his compositions, the still life ceases to be a daily scene and becomes a display of power and refinement, where every element seems to have been selected for a royal banquet. The tableware, worthy of Versailles, unfolds with an almost architectural presence: silver tureens with chiselled reliefs, rock crystal goblets that trap impossible glints, and porcelain trays that support fruits of unreal perfection.

This splendor rests on an over-elaborate and elegant brushwork, a technique so refined that it leaves no trace of effort, achieving surfaces of absolute smoothness. Michel rounds the forms with almost tactile precision, allowing light to slide along the curves of the jugs and to disappear in the folds of linen tablecloths and lace. The sophistication of his style turns the still life into an exercise in aristocratic illusionism, where the elegance of the stroke and the richness of the objects merge in a celebration of luxury, elevating the inanimate object to the status of a visual jewel under the gaze of a fascinated spectator.

- Image dimensions unframed: 80 x 65 cm / 88 x 73 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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