José Luis Morán (1924) - Regards d’enfance






Master in early Renaissance Italian painting with internship at Sotheby’s and 15 years' experience.
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Regards d’enfance by José Luis Morán (born 1924) is an original oil portrait from 1967, Spain, depicting three girls, measuring 116 cm by 89 cm, signed and in acceptable condition, offered by Galería.
Description from the seller
José Luis Morán (1924)
Portrait of Girls
A large-format work signed by José Luis Morán and dated 1967. The composition presents a childhood portrait of three girls, resolved with a loose, luminous brushwork of great pictorial sensitivity.
The scene stands out for its delicate treatment of the faces, the contained expressiveness of the figures, and the use of a soft palette dominated by blues, whites, pinks, and pastel tones. The three girls appear arranged in a vertical composition, with an agile and enveloping pictorial construction, where the background is integrated through color blotches and fluid brushstrokes that provide atmosphere, movement, and depth.
The work presents a modern figurative language, close to mid-20th-century portrait painting, with a free and expressive treatment of the pictorial material. The artist combines a recognizable representation of the figures with a more gestural and atmospheric background, generating an interesting contrast between the definition of the faces and the looseness of the surroundings.
For its format, visual presence, and decorative quality, it is an artwork especially suitable for large spaces, collectors of Spanish painting of the 20th century, and lovers of intimate figurative portraiture.
The stretcher shows woodworm damage, a condition explicitly noted for proper valuation. Due to the large size of the work, it will be sent unframed.
It is recommended to study the photographs carefully, as they are an essential part of the description and allow precise assessment of the artwork’s conservation state, as well as the details mentioned regarding the stretcher.
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Seller's Story
José Luis Morán (1924)
Portrait of Girls
A large-format work signed by José Luis Morán and dated 1967. The composition presents a childhood portrait of three girls, resolved with a loose, luminous brushwork of great pictorial sensitivity.
The scene stands out for its delicate treatment of the faces, the contained expressiveness of the figures, and the use of a soft palette dominated by blues, whites, pinks, and pastel tones. The three girls appear arranged in a vertical composition, with an agile and enveloping pictorial construction, where the background is integrated through color blotches and fluid brushstrokes that provide atmosphere, movement, and depth.
The work presents a modern figurative language, close to mid-20th-century portrait painting, with a free and expressive treatment of the pictorial material. The artist combines a recognizable representation of the figures with a more gestural and atmospheric background, generating an interesting contrast between the definition of the faces and the looseness of the surroundings.
For its format, visual presence, and decorative quality, it is an artwork especially suitable for large spaces, collectors of Spanish painting of the 20th century, and lovers of intimate figurative portraiture.
The stretcher shows woodworm damage, a condition explicitly noted for proper valuation. Due to the large size of the work, it will be sent unframed.
It is recommended to study the photographs carefully, as they are an essential part of the description and allow precise assessment of the artwork’s conservation state, as well as the details mentioned regarding the stretcher.
SHIPPING SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS WILL INCUR AN Surcharge.
