Santiago Del Campo (1928-2015) - The Orange Blossom

Oil on small panel. Studio Gallery Madrid label on back. Signed on front and back.

Santiago del Campo's work unfolds like a silent poetry that finds refuge from the stridency of the world in the rigor of form and the sobriety of color. His compositions, imbued with an almost metaphysical quietude, seem to suspend time at the edge of a still life or in the solitude of an architectural space, where each object is snatched from oblivion by a precise brushstroke that seeks out the ontological essence of things. His art does not seek to tell a story, but rather to endure; it is a stripped-down realism of impeccable technical mastery, which inherits the mysticism of the Golden Age and translates it into a contemporary sensibility where silence is not absence, but the vibrant presence of the sacred in everyday life. In his canvases, light not only illuminates, but also consecrates matter, revealing an austere beauty that invites a slow, contemplative gaze, capable of deciphering the eloquence of that which barely dares to speak its name.

- Image size unframed: 25 x 8 / 52 x 28 cm with exclusive custom-made Jügendstil frame.