Alfredo Lobos Aránguiz (1890-1918) - Chile: Lake Llanquihue

- Oil on canvas.

- Alberto Lobos (1890-1918) occupies a place imbued with romantic melancholy in the history of Chilean art. A major figure, he and his brothers introduced a premodern sensibility through their search for light and emotion. A member of the legendary Generation of 1913, Lobos broke away from rigid academicism to embrace a pictorial style characterized by vibrant brushstrokes and evocative atmospheres, where the landscape is not a mere reproduction of reality, but rather a reflection of the soul. His stay in Europe perfected his technique, enabling him to capture the fleetingness of the moment with almost impressionistic ease, making him a precursor of modernism in Chile. He demonstrated that the true avant-garde lay in the honesty of the eye and the ability to imbue pictorial matter with a profound, often tragic psychological charge.

- 36 x 30 cm / 52 x 46 cm with frame