Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell

Terrace on the Costa Brava Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape

c.1990

Title: Paris Café Terrace Scene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 38 × 46 cm (14.96 × 18.11 in) Framing: Unframed Signature: Hand-signed lower right Period: Second half of the 20th century Condition: Very good. Firm canvas, stable paint layer, visible impasto, no apparent restorations. Origin: Spain Original oil painting depicting a lively Parisian café terrace scene, rendered with a luminous and expressive brushstroke. The composition captures a moment of everyday urban life: seated figures, soft conversation, café signage and filtered daylight dissolving into architectural shadows. The artist prioritizes atmosphere over strict detail, allowing the scene to breathe through fluid impasto and subtle tonal transitions. The chromatic palette balances cool bluish greys and whites with warmer accents, creating depth and visual rhythm. The treatment of figures and light evokes European post-impressionist tradition, combining figurative clarity with painterly spontaneity. A refined decorative piece with strong interior presence, ideal for collectors of European figurative art, lovers of Parisian imagery, or elegant contemporary interiors seeking warmth and narrative. Àngel Badia i Camps (Puig-reig, Barcelona, 1929 – Barcelona, 2019) was a Catalan painter, illustrator and comic artist trained at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked extensively as an illustrator for European and British publishers, developing a strong command of the human figure and narrative composition. From the 1970s onward he focused primarily on fine art painting, producing figurative works centered on urban scenes, landscapes and everyday life. His work was exhibited in Spanish and international galleries, consolidating his position within the Catalan figurative tradition of the second half of the 20th century. Paris café painting...

Title of the Artwork: Alineació, París Artist: Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions without frame: 16.1 x 13 inches Dimensions with frame: 22.8 x 19.7 inc...

Paris Café Boulevard Street Scene Oil Painting, Catalan Urban Cityscape Artist: Ramon de Capmany i de Montaner (1899–1992) Title: Parisian Café Boulevard Urban Scene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 × 81 cm / 23.6 × 31.9 in Signature: Signed upper left Frame: Unframed Period: Mid-20th century Style: Catalan modern painting, Parisian urban scene, Post-Impressionist cityscape, European figurative painting Subject: Paris boulevard, café terrace, street life, figures, architecture, trees, urban landscape Condition: Good vintage condition, with age-related surface wear, texture and patina consistent with the period. Description Beautiful and highly atmospheric oil on canvas by Ramon de Capmany i de Montaner, depicting a lively Parisian boulevard with café terraces, elegant façades, trees, pedestrians, children, a nanny with a pram and a striking iron railing in the foreground. The painting has everything a strong collector’s cityscape needs: architecture, human movement, café culture, depth, light and narrative. The blue façade of “Le Barbier” becomes the visual anchor of the composition, while the figures scattered across the boulevard create the feeling of a living city, observed with intelligence and charm. Capmany builds the scene with a refined balance between structure and spontaneity. The foreground railing gives the painting a powerful sense of perspective, almost theatrical, as if the viewer were standing at the entrance of the square. Beyond it, the street opens into a luminous Parisian world of cafés, trees, shopfronts and passing figures. The brushwork is loose, textured and expressive, yet always controlled. Soft greys, pale blues, greens, ochres and touches of red and yellow give the composition a fresh urban luminosity. The result is not merely a view of Paris, but a complete atmosphere: elegant, social, nostalgic and full of quiet movement. This work is especially appealing for collectors of Paris street scenes, European urban paintings, café terrace paintings...

Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Honfleur - Oil canvas Oil measurements 46x38 cm. Frame measurements 66x58 cm. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell...

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