Escuela catalana (XX) - Colinas bajo un cielo de nubes

Pictura Subastas presents this magnificent artwork belonging to the Catalan school, depicting a landscape of rolling hills covered with forests and fields, with a slender tree in the foreground and a wide sky heavy with clouds. The painting stands out for its excellent technique and the great pictorial quality it conveys.

· Dimensions with frame: 41x52x4 cm.
· Dimensions without frame: 36x46 cm.
· Oil on panel.
· The piece is in good conservation condition.
· The work is sold with a beautiful frame (included in the auction as a gift).

The work comes from an exclusive private collection in Girona.

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

The painting will be professionally packaged by an IVEX expert (https://www.instagram.com/ivex.online/), using high-quality materials to ensure its protection. The shipping price covers both the cost of professional packaging and the transport itself.
Shipping will be carried out by Correos, GLS or NACEX with tracking. International shipping available.

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This landscape from the Catalan school of the 20th century places us on the top of a hill, from where the gaze is lost over a valley of gentle undulations. The slopes, covered with forests and clearings in tones of greens, ochres and pinks, alternate to the horizon, while a dirt road crosses the composition diagonally and leads the viewer into the interior of the landscape.

To the right, a tall, slender tree with bare branches, accompanied by other trees with dark canopies, stands out against the sky and adds verticality and depth to the scene. At the bottom, pines and shrubs in intense green tones close the foreground.

The sky occupies a large part of the painting and is one of its main protagonists: large white and grayish clouds, worked with curved and enveloping brushstrokes, move over a pale blue background and convey the sense of a day with changing weather and diffused light.

The technique, with impastoed and visible brushwork, clearly influenced by Post-Impressionism, builds the forms with short strokes and a nuanced palette of greens, grays, pinks, and ochres. The details show the texture of the paint on the panel and the richness of the nuances with which the artist resolves the sky and vegetation.

The work is presented in a simple and elegant gold frame that enhances its colors. It is an ideal piece for lovers of Catalan landscape, perfect to bring calm and nature to any room.