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Albert Rafols Culleres
Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain

1930s

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About the Item

Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain SPECIFICATIONS Artist: Albert Rafols Cullerés (Barcelona, 1892 – 1986) Title: Mollet Medium: Oil on cardboard Date: c.1935 Signature: Signed lower right; titled on reverse Dimensions: 25 × 32 cm (9.85 × 12.6 in) Framing: Unframed Condition: Good vintage condition consistent with age and support DESCRIPTION Expressive Catalan landscape painted in oil on cardboard by Albert Rafols Cullerés around 1935, depicting cultivated fields near Mollet del Vallès, just outside Barcelona. The composition captures the agricultural plain with rhythmic vegetable rows in the foreground, a dense tree line at mid-distance, and the soft silhouette of distant hills under a layered Mediterranean sky. The brushwork is direct and tactile, with visible impasto strokes that animate the vegetation and reinforce the painter’s plein-air sensitivity. The palette is characteristically Catalan modernist: deep greens, warm ochres, and atmospheric blue tonal transitions that structure space without relying on academic perspective. The horizon band is especially refined, suggesting depth through chromatic vibration rather than linear construction. Works from this period reflect Rafols Cullerés’ mature synthesis between Noucentisme structure and post-Impressionist landscape freedom, placing him within the lineage of early 20th-century Catalan landscape modernity. The inscription “Mollet” on the reverse anchors the painting geographically, reinforcing its documentary value as a plein-air observation of the Vallès agricultural environment before postwar urban expansion. An elegant and collectible example of Catalan modern landscape painting from the interwar period. ARTIST BIO Albert Rafols Cullerés (1892–1986) was a Catalan painter trained at the Escola de la Llotja in Barcelona, where he studied alongside leading figures of early 20th-century Catalan art. He exhibited individually at Galeries Laietanes in 1917 and continued to participate actively in Barcelona’s artistic circles throughout his career. His work includes landscapes, interiors, and portraits characterized by structural clarity, restrained chromatic harmony, and a refined modern sensibility aligned with Noucentisme and Mediterranean modernism. His landscapes are especially appreciated for their balance between observation and stylization, capturing rural Catalonia with quiet intensity and compositional discipline. Today his paintings remain part of the broader tradition of Catalan modern landscape painting linked to the Barcelona school of the early twentieth century. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION This work can be appreciated within the tradition of Catalan landscape modernism associated with artists such as: Joaquim Mir Santiago Rusiñol Joaquín Sunyer Josep Amat Rafael Benet Like these painters, Rafols Cullerés explored the Mediterranean territory through chromatic structure rather than topographic literalism, creating landscapes that balance observation and pictorial construction. Catalan landscape painting Spanish modernist landscape Barcelona school painting Mediterranean landscape oil painting plein air landscape Spain 1930s Spanish painting post impressionist landscape Spain European modern landscape interwar Spanish painting Catalonia countryside painting
  • Creator:
    Albert Rafols Culleres (1892 - 1986, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    1930s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.85 in (25 cm)Width: 12.6 in (32 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Sitges, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1155211833502

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