Joan Carles Roca Sans (barcelona 1946), Mealtime 1981 (h 73 / L 60 Cm)

This painting "The Hour of the Meal", 1981, is part of the first era of the painter Rocan Sans.
It was produced during the filming for Spanish television of the opera Cavalleria Rusticana (or in French Chevalerie Campagnarde) in Monells, a small medieval village located in the Baix Emporda where Roca Sans was and where he received a visit to his workshop in tenor Placido Domingo.
This painting represents three extras at lunchtime. This trio of women side by side, in full action, gives a great presence and each, in her different gaze, animates this scene. Nature, dear to the artist, occupies a large part of the background.

Leaving the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, ​​determined to devote himself entirely to his vocation, Roca Sans resumes painting in the open air in a figurative language, going against fashions, with a "revival" intention. Without losing sight of the Nabis and other schools of the late 19th century, he established a testimony in the Empordà region of a respectful world towards ecology that is disappearing under urban pressure. Several books cover this period from 1974 to 1983 which prefigures his style known later as "synthetic - expressionist" and which will define all his production entirely inscribed in Postmodernity.
This oil on linen canvas is in good condition, signed lower left.
Without frame. Dimensions H 60 / L 73 cm.

This painting is sold with a certificate of authenticity from Galerie ATRIUM TORROELLA Antiques & Art Gallery