Original Francisco Riba Rovira Oil on Board Painting

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This original oil on board painting proudly exemplifies Francisco Riba Rovira’s (Spain and France, 1913-2002) more objective painting wherein the viewer can easily see the comparison Stein draws between Cezanne and Rovira. In this painting Rovira is achieving exactly what Stein meant when she suggested that the painter was far more daring than Cezanne had been, even in a similar subject matter. The artist has painted a still life, obscured by the personality of his own paintbrush. These paintings are truly stunning, truly the kind that ought to hang in a museum. This is an incredible opportunity to own a historical painting, the availability of which will dwindle as paintings such as these are snatched up into private collections. This painting was created just nine years after the artist’s discovery and is indeed an exciting progression in the artist’s oeuvre, much the stuff Stein was talking about. Painted on board and presented in a newer pale green frame that well displays this fine piece of artwork. Strangely double signed to the lower left hand corner, and unfortunately without a date. This painting, entitled to the verso ‘Oh, Flight,’ proudly exemplifies some of the finer points of Rovira’s non-objective painting, pronouncing a cleverly divided series of forms, rising and falling, indicative of the landscape, and in reference to the basic form of organic physicality imbued with geometry. In this painting Rovira is achieving exactly what Stein meant when she suggested that the painter was far more daring than Cezanne had been, although ascending on a similar trajectory. The painting would seem a discussion of transcendence. These paintings are truly stunning, truly the kind that ought to hang in a museum. This is an incredible opportunity to own a historical painting, the availability of which will dwindle as paintings such as these are snatched up into private collections. This painting was created just nine years after the artist’s discovery and is indeed an exciting progression in the artist’s oeuvre, much the stuff Stein was talking about. Painted on gessoed board and thereafter tacked into a wooden frame with grey and white paint. Signed to the lower right hand corner and dated 10-1954’.

Condition

This painting is well preserved and very nicely and newly framed.

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14CIN054-002