Joan Torres de Torres (1953) - Serenidad en el valle

Pictura Subastas presents this magnificent artwork belonging to Torres de Torres, depicting a small village of light-colored houses surrounded by vegetation, warm hills, and a wide, serene sky. The painting stands out for its excellent technique and the high pictorial quality it conveys.

• Framed dimensions: 35x40x5 cm.
• Unframed dimensions: 30x35 cm.
• Oil on panel signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
• The piece is in good preserved condition.
• The work is sold with a beautiful frame (included in the auction as a gift).

The artwork comes from an exclusive private collection in Girona.

Important note: the included photographs are an integral part of the lot description. Digital representation in an indicative mockup; there may be differences with the actual article in color, scale, and details.

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This painting offers a broad and serene view of a small cluster of houses at the foot of gentle hills. In the foreground, several simple-formed structures cluster together, forming an irregular set of roofs, walls, and volumes that seems to extend beyond the edges of the image. The tones are predominantly sand, cream, ochre, and toasted hues, with some brighter roofs and façades standing out among the warmer areas. The elevated perspective allows a good view of much of the village and how the houses accommodate one another, following the terrain. Although the buildings are clearly discernible, the scene retains a calm, intimate feel, like a small town viewed from a hillside or a nearby path.

Behind the houses there is a dark-green band of vegetation that crosses horizontally across the composition and visually separates the village from the mountainous landscape. Its deep green tone creates a stark contrast with the light walls and with the golden hills rising behind. The hills occupy the middle ground and undulate softly, without abrupt profiles or dominant peaks. Their variations of beige, terracotta, brown, and warm gray evoke dry, sunlit earth where paths, slopes, and shadows sketch a serene relief. The stepped arrangement of the mountains adds depth and leads the eye from the houses toward the horizon.

The sky takes up a substantial portion of the image and gives the whole composition a sense of openness. It blends pale blues, grays, and whites, with extended clouds that seem to drift slowly across the landscape. The light is soft and diffuse; there are no harsh shadows or dramatic contrasts, but rather a clarity that envelops both the buildings and the hills. That bright sky balances the earthy tones of the lower part and prevents the scene from feeling heavy, while its changing hues suggests a peaceful moment of the day. The horizon line, low and wavy, allows the open atmosphere to dominate the upper part and reinforces the impression of calm.

The composition is organized into horizontal bands that guide the eye naturally: first the light terrain and the houses, then the green band, followed by the slopes, and finally the sky. Within this order, the shapes of the dwellings introduce variety through their different heights, widths, and orientations. Some façades stand out for their whiteness; others, closer to earthy tones, blend with the surrounding ground. The small spaces between the buildings allow one to imagine narrow streets and hidden corners, while nearby vegetation suggests a transition between the settlement and the open landscape. All convey a simple and harmonious relationship between the village’s everyday life and the surrounding natural environment.

Overall, the painting represents a peaceful rural landscape in which a small village of light-colored houses blends with rolling hills, dark vegetation, and a broad sky. The combination of warm and cool tones creates a balanced, luminous, and tranquil scene, in which each plane contributes to conveying distance and depth. The structures give the landscape a inhabited, intimate character, while the mountains and the sky widen the view toward a tranquil horizon. The image invites the viewer to pause in the place’s simplicity and to imagine the slow pace of a town surrounded by dry earth and nature."