Fish Stall

Jos Landau (1904–1987) Still Life with Basket Oil on canvas – 97 × 70 cm A beautiful painting by Jos Landau, a Polish-born artist who settled in France, associated with the School of Paris and renowned for the expressive power of his figurative painting. This work depicts a still life constructed around a basket and textile forms, treated with a thick and vibrant impasto. The deliberately structured composition plays on volumes and masses, while the palette, subtly nuanced with greens, off-whites, and earthy tones, lends the whole an atmosphere that is both restrained and powerful. The brushstrokes are broad and assertive, revealing a highly embodied style of painting, characteristic of Landau's work, where reality is transfigured by matter and color. The balance between abstraction and figuration gives this canvas a remarkable presence.