Jacinto Conill Orriols (1914-1992) - XL FORMAT - NO RESERVE - Stone bridge in the valley

Stone bridge in the valley

Technical sheet

Author: Jacinto Conill Orriols (1914–1992)
Chronology: Second half of the 20th century
Technique: oil on canvas
Measurements: 65 × 100 cm (work) · 85 × 120 cm (with gilt frame and ornamental relief molding)**
Support: Canvas stretched over a wooden frame.
Style: Catalan realistic landscape painting with a post-impressionist accent
Condition: Good; original varnish and uniform patina

2. Compositional and iconographic description

The painting depicts a riverside landscape with a medieval stone bridge, where the river meanders beneath the arches, reflecting the filtered light of a misty sky. The trees in the foreground, with their vertical trunks and slender branches, frame the composition and direct the viewer's gaze toward the mountainous background, shrouded in mist.

The artist masters the medium impasto technique and earthy tones, balancing greens, ochres, and bluish grays to achieve an atmosphere of rural serenity and naturalistic equilibrium. His brushstrokes, confident yet sensitive, capture the stillness of the surroundings with an almost romantic elegance.

3. Style, school, and comparatives

Jacinto Conill belongs to the Catalan tradition of 20th-century realist landscape painters, closely related to the style of Joaquim Mir, Modest Urgell, and Antoni Clavé in his attention to light and materials. His artistic language, however, maintains a chromatic restraint more akin to the painters of Olot or Vic, where the landscape becomes a metaphor for harmony and rootedness.

“Stone Bridge in the Valley” is a work of remarkable size and masterful execution that combines poetic vision and technical precision, uniting rural memory with a modern sensibility. Its robust and ornamental frame reinforces the serene monumentality of this landscape, worthy of collections of 20th-century Catalan painting.