Plaça Reial (Royal Square) Barcelona - Impressionist Oil on Canvas - Signed

Description
This impressionist oil on canvas depicts Plaça Reial in Barcelona, focused on the central fountain and the surrounding arcaded façades. The scene is constructed with loose, confident brushwork that emphasizes light, tonal balance, and overall atmosphere rather than architectural precision. A restrained palette of muted greens, warm ochres, grey-blues, and soft earth tones creates depth and visual cohesion across the composition. Light is evenly diffused, with subtle reflections in the fountain anchoring the foreground. Figures are lightly indicated to provide scale and a sense of everyday urban activity without narrative emphasis. The painterly surface and softened forms align the work with mid-20th-century European impressionist-influenced cityscapes, where mood, place, and visual rhythm take precedence over detailed description.

Artist

Signed, with the signature presently unidentified.

Artist Details
The work reflects the hand of a European-trained painter working in a modern figurative idiom, focused on urban subjects and tonal harmony. A stamp on the reverse indicates restoration or handling by Josep Clara, painter and restorer based in Barcelona, and does not denote authorship.

Movements
Modern European Impressionism-influenced figurative painting

Artist Influenced by
Influenced by late Impressionism and early 20th-century European urban painters.

Frame Condition
Presented in a silver-toned frame with black mount, showing minor age-related wear.