Italy, first half of 20th century
Oil on board, 27 x 22 cm
Excellent condition. Presented in a contemporary walnut frame with a black recessed reveal.
A small but remarkably assured Ligurian landscape, painted with vigorous, heavily worked passages of oil and an expressive freedom that approaches abstraction.
The composition’s underlying structure is provided by tall maritime pines, their slender trunks cutting vertically through a dense Mediterranean landscape towards a distant glimpse of sea. Around them, vegetation, rocks and sky are rendered in thick, rapidly applied strokes of olive, ochre, mauve, cream and earthy brown. Flecks of pale blue and turquoise punctuate the lower landscape, while flashes of warm orange animate the trunks.
The painting’s modest scale concentrates the work’s energy. Seen closely, individual forms dissolve into an almost tactile accumulation of colour and impasto; while from a distance, a distinctly Ligurian landscape of pines, rocky ground and filtered coastal light emerges.
Recently framed in walnut with a recessed black reveal, allowing the original board’s irregular edges to remain visible.
Italy, first half of 20th century
Oil on board, 27 x 22 cm
Excellent condition. Presented in a contemporary walnut frame with a black recessed reveal.
A small but remarkably assured Ligurian landscape, painted with vigorous, heavily worked passages of oil and an expressive freedom that approaches abstraction.
The composition’s underlying structure is provided by tall maritime pines, their slender trunks cutting vertically through a dense Mediterranean landscape towards a distant glimpse of sea. Around them, vegetation, rocks and sky are rendered in thick, rapidly applied strokes of olive, ochre, mauve, cream and earthy brown. Flecks of pale blue and turquoise punctuate the lower landscape, while flashes of warm orange animate the trunks.
The painting’s modest scale concentrates the work’s energy. Seen closely, individual forms dissolve into an almost tactile accumulation of colour and impasto; while from a distance, a distinctly Ligurian landscape of pines, rocky ground and filtered coastal light emerges.
Recently framed in walnut with a recessed black reveal, allowing the original board’s irregular edges to remain visible.
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