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Parisian Cafe Street Scene, Oversized Oil Painting, Framed, 1970s

5005 Modern French cafe oil on canvas unframed Signed

6110 Parisians promenating to the Eiffel tower large city scene Large gilt frame . Image size 16x20"

In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Cafés in the streets of Paris portrayed in the dista...

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...