Oil on canvas signed "Prat" and dated 1978, depicting a corner of vernacular architecture characterized by its light-colored facades, reddish-toned roofs, and a small iron balcony.
The composition is built with broad, expressive brushstrokes, featuring a free interpretation of architectural forms. The whitewashed surfaces of the houses, the dark doors and windows, and the roofs are articulated through color contrasts, while the vegetation in the foreground adds movement to the scene.
The palette combines ochres, pinks, greens, and bluish tones, with black accents that provide depth and define the structural elements. The treatment of the pictorial material, applied through visible brushstrokes and impasto of varying intensity, gives the work a spontaneous expression and a marked chromatic personality.
Dated 1978, the painting is situated within the figurative currents of post-impressionist and expressionist character that remained relevant in Spanish landscape painting during the second half of the 20th century.
Technical data
Author: Signed Prat.
Title: Village corner with balcony.
Date: 1978.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions of the work: 55 × 46 cm.
Dimensions with frame: 61 × 52 cm.
Signature: Lower right corner, accompanied by the date "78".
Condition: It presents a tear in the upper part of the canvas, in addition to signs of age and wear throughout. The work is preserved in its current state, without restoration of the tear.
Presentation: Wooden frame.
Workshop Note
A 1978 painting that stands out for the freedom of its brushwork and its expressive treatment of color. Vernacular architecture becomes the starting point for a spontaneous composition, in which forms and chromatic contrasts take on special prominence.
