Yarza (XX) - Caserío vasco tradicional

Delicate oil painting representing a genre scene from the Basque rural milieu, focused on a traditional farmhouse integrated into a rugged mountainous landscape.

Artist: Yarza (Painter belonging to the Basque school / regionalist landscape)

Title of the work: Farmhouse and Basque rural landscape (or Mountain landscape with traditional architecture)

Technique: Oil on canvas (stretched on a wooden frame)

Dimensions without frame: approx. 22.5 cm x 17 cm

Dimensions with frame: 42 cm x 37 cm

Signature: Hand-signed by the artist in the lower right corner ("Yarza")

Period: Second half of the 20th century (c. 1970–1980)

Frame: Solid hardwood frame with a thick profile, linen-mounted passepartout and an inner gold moulding (included as a gift/accessory in the auction)

Condition: Excellent overall condition. Clean oil, vivid colors and solid structure. The frame shows minimal signs of aging appropriate to its age.

Inscription on the back: Reference / inventory number on the upper stretcher ("H-3077").

Composition and Style: Highlights the impastoed, rapid and direct brushwork, executed with ease using a spatula and a broad brush. This technique gives the work notable tactile relief and great chromatic liveliness.

Use of light and color: Dominated by intense greens in the meadow, contrasted with ochres, browns and reddish tones of the stone and the roof tiles of the farmhouse. The low clouds and the blue-green sky masterfully capture the humid, luminous atmosphere typical of northern Spain.

The Yarza surname is linked to the tradition of Basque landscape painting in the twentieth century. Continuators of the naturalist and impressionist current of northern Spain (heirs of the spirit of the School of Bidasoa and the great Basque landscape painters), artists with this signature specialized in capturing the essence of the rural landscape, popular architecture, and the dynamism of Cantabrian-Basque nature.