Spanish school; 20th century.
Spanish school; 20th century.
"Laundress".
Oil on cardboard.
Presents illegible signature in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 31 x 27 cm; 50 x 46 cm (frame).
We see in this work a scene of costumbrista approach, starring a washerwoman. The composition is rigorous, orderly and balanced and, like the figures themselves, reflects the new modern classicism prevailing at the time. Costumbrista painting is a genre in which popular types and attitudes, behaviors, values and habits common to a specific group of the population, region or class are described by means of a satirical, nostalgic or narrative description of the environments, customs, dress, parties and entertainment, traditions, trades and representative types of a society. The idea of costumbrismo arose from an attempt to understand reality, or more precisely, reality understood in a particular way, from a specific point of view.
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Spanish school; 20th century.
"Laundress".
Oil on cardboard.
Presents illegible signature in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 31 x 27 cm; 50 x 46 cm (frame).
We see in this work a scene of costumbrista approach, starring a washerwoman. The composition is rigorous, orderly and balanced and, like the figures themselves, reflects the new modern classicism prevailing at the time. Costumbrista painting is a genre in which popular types and attitudes, behaviors, values and habits common to a specific group of the population, region or class are described by means of a satirical, nostalgic or narrative description of the environments, customs, dress, parties and entertainment, traditions, trades and representative types of a society. The idea of costumbrismo arose from an attempt to understand reality, or more precisely, reality understood in a particular way, from a specific point of view.
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