Pierre Razafindrafara (XXe) - Scène de village
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Scène de village, an oil on canvas by Pierre Razafindrafara, created in the 1980s in Madagascar, in the naïf style.
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Pierre Razafindrafara – Village Scene in Madagascar
Oil on canvas depicting a scene of daily life in a traditional Malagasy village.
The work shows an animation characteristic of Madagascar's villages: stilt houses with thatched green roofs, inhabitants busy with their everyday activities, transport of harvests, domestic animals, and tropical vegetation. The composition, very narrative, reproduces with simplicity and freshness the warm atmosphere of rural Malagasy life.
The luminous palette, dominated by ochres, browns, and greens, as well as the naïve treatment of the figures, bring this painting closer to the popular Malagasy school developed during the second half of the 20th century.
The work is signed at the bottom right Pierre Razafindrafara.
Specifications
Artist: Pierre Razafindrafara
Title: Malagasy Village
Technique: oil on canvas
Signature: signed at the bottom right
Dimensions: 50 × 35 cm
Era: second half of the 20th century
Condition: good general state of preservation; slight signs of use compatible with age (see photographs).
Sold without frame.
Careful and tracked shipping.
Pierre Razafindrafara – Village Scene in Madagascar
Oil on canvas depicting a scene of daily life in a traditional Malagasy village.
The work shows an animation characteristic of Madagascar's villages: stilt houses with thatched green roofs, inhabitants busy with their everyday activities, transport of harvests, domestic animals, and tropical vegetation. The composition, very narrative, reproduces with simplicity and freshness the warm atmosphere of rural Malagasy life.
The luminous palette, dominated by ochres, browns, and greens, as well as the naïve treatment of the figures, bring this painting closer to the popular Malagasy school developed during the second half of the 20th century.
The work is signed at the bottom right Pierre Razafindrafara.
Specifications
Artist: Pierre Razafindrafara
Title: Malagasy Village
Technique: oil on canvas
Signature: signed at the bottom right
Dimensions: 50 × 35 cm
Era: second half of the 20th century
Condition: good general state of preservation; slight signs of use compatible with age (see photographs).
Sold without frame.
Careful and tracked shipping.
Details
Artist
Pierre Razafindrafara (XXe)
Sold with frame
No
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Scène de village
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Madagascar
Condition
Good condition
Height
35 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/theme
Summer scene
Style
Naive Art
Period
1980-1990
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