École Espagnole (c. 1960) - Le Peuple de Madrid

- Oil on board.

- This canvas pays a fervent tribute to the tradition of genre painting rooted in goyesque style, placing the scene on the emblematic Toledo Bridge as a lively crowd crosses the Manzanares River toward the popular Carabancheles. Flanked by the imposing churrigueresque obelisks of Pedro de Ribera, the composition channels the festive dynamism of cartones for tapestries and the costumbrista engravings of Francisco de Goya. The majas and passersby, drawn with quick, impasto strokes, acquire a beating vitality thanks to the flashes of their mantones, the flutter of skirts, and the contrast of dark umbrellas that silhouette against the horizon.

At a formal and chromatic level, the piece deeply connects with the atmosphere of Spain’s Black Era and mid-20th-century Iberian Expressionism. The palette of bituminous ochres, browns, and leaden grays evokes the late phase of the Aragonese master, resurfacing in the loose brushwork of successors such as Eugenio Lucas Velázquez or Gutiérrez Solana. The glints of light on the wet ground and the dramatic treatment of Madrid’s sky grant this passage scene impeccable material lyricism, where dense painterly material elevates traditional costumbrismo to the status of historical allegory and Baroque theatricality.

- Image dimensions without frame: 34 x 21 cm / 38 x 25 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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