Lluís Domingo Abelló (1917) - La calma del campo

Pictura Subastas presents this magnificent artwork by Domingo Abelló, depicting an expansive landscape of green fields and shrubs illuminated under a dark and stormy sky, conveying the contrast between the earth’s vitality and nature’s changing force. The painting stands out for its excellent technique and the high pictorial quality it conveys.

· Dimensions of the work: 46x55x1 cm.
· Oil on paper hand-signed by the artist on the left side of the work, Domingo Abelló.
· The piece is in good condition.

The work comes from an exclusive private collection in Girona.

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This painting presents an extensive countryside landscape dominated by a wide variety of greens, yellows and earthy tones. The composition is organized by large horizontal bands that guide the eye from the vegetation in the foreground to a distant line of mountains. The scene does not focus on a single element, but on the vastness of the territory and on how light, sky and vegetation transform the appearance of the field.

In the foreground there unfolds a lush vegetative surface made up of light greens, turquoise, pale yellows and grayish nuances. This area conveys the sensation of a field covered by tall grasses and wild plants growing freely. Among the brighter areas appear small dark, reddish and brown spots that suggest soil, stones or dry vegetation, enriching the visual texture of the terrain and avoiding a uniform representation.

The lower band has strong chromatic intensity and serves as the foundation of the whole composition. The greens here acquire multiple variations, from fresh, luminous tones to deep hues approaching blue. Some areas seem to tilt and advance in different directions, creating the impression that the grass moves under the wind. This sense of movement brings vitality to a scene that, due to its breadth and absence of human figures, also preserves a deep calm.

In the central zone, a band of darker earth runs horizontally across the landscape. Its browns, violets, reddish tones and bluish shades contrast with the greens around it and could evoke a rural path, a boundary between plots, or a natural depression of the terrain. This line acts as a structural element that divides the composition and guides the eye from one edge to the other, reinforcing the sense of width.

Beyond this band extends a second zone of fields, represented by yellowish greens, lime tones, ochres and small golden flashes. The light seems particularly concentrated in this part of the landscape, illuminating the vegetation and establishing a strong contrast with the dark sky in the background. The different tones suggest parcels, meadows and cultivated areas that follow one another until reaching the horizon.

In the mid-ground several shrubs or small groups of trees stand irregularly distributed. Their rounded, compact shapes rise against the light fields, creating a succession of dark volumes that add depth. The blue-green, brown and violet tones present in these vegetative masses make them appear distant and partially shaded by the clouds.

The arrangement of these shrubs introduces a slow rhythm within the landscape. Some appear isolated, while others form small groups, as if delimiting the edges of a plot or following the course of an invisible path. Their silhouettes, barely defined, do not seek to describe every branch or leaf, but to convey the general presence of the vegetation and its natural integration into the territory.

At the top rises a line of mountains or hills represented by deep blues, dark greens, grays and blacks. These elevations form an irregular and formidable horizon that contrasts with the luminosity of the fields. Their somber appearance adds drama to the scene and suggests great distance, as if the landscape stretched to meet a mountain range shrouded in clouds.

The sky occupies a major strip of the composition and is filled with dense and changing shapes. The bluish, gray, greenish and dark tones blend with lighter areas, creating the sensation of an unsettled atmosphere. It could be the moment before a storm, when clouds accumulate on the horizon while the light still brightly illuminates the fields. This contrast between clarity and darkness gives the landscape great emotional power.

The succession of horizontal planes provides depth without relying on rigid perspective. The vegetal foreground, the earthy band, the illuminated fields, the shrubs and the mountains stack like different layers of the terrain. Each has its own rhythm and color, but all remain connected, forming a unified vision of the natural environment.

Overall, the work offers an intense and poetic interpretation of the rural landscape, in which the luminous vegetation confronts a charged sky and dark mountains. The greens and yellows convey fertility, life and energy, while the blues and grays of the horizon introduce mystery and drama. The painting invites contemplation of the immensity of the countryside and that changing moment when the light seems to resist the arrival of the storm.