Adolfo Padierna
"Capea".
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 33 x 41 cm; 40 x 48 cm (frame).
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ADOLFO PADIERNA DE VILLAPADIERNA (Barcelona, 1894-¿).
"Capea".
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 33 x 41 cm; 40 x 48 cm (frame).
The canvas in bidding offers us a popular bullfighting scene in a rural environment, probably a capea or village celebration, where several men try to dominate the bull with red capes while the public watches from carts that act as an improvised barrier. The painter conveys the movement, tension and collective atmosphere of the fiesta through loose, impressionistic brushstrokes, contrasting the warm tones of the sand and the capes with a dark, stormy sky that adds drama to the composition.
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