Bull Ring By Juan Escoda Corominas

Description
Juan Escoda Corominas presents a powerful oil on canvas composition depicting a bullring scene charged with movement and collective intensity. The painting captures the spectacle unfolding against an urban backdrop of compacted buildings beneath a dramatic, unsettled sky. Executed with expressive, textured brushwork, the surface is built from layered strokes that dissolve detail in favor of atmosphere and momentum. A restrained yet forceful palette of ochres, deep reds, earthy browns, and muted blues reinforces the emotional gravity of the scene, while passages of light cut through the darker tonal field to guide the viewer’s eye. The composition prioritizes rhythm and mass over individual figures, evoking the visceral energy of public ritual rather than literal narration. Rooted in mid-20th-century Spanish figurative expression, the work reflects a painterly approach concerned with social experience, tradition, and emotional resonance, distilled into a compact and visually concentrated format.

Artist
Juan Escoda Corominas (1920/21–2012) was a Spanish painter known for expressive figurative compositions.

Artist Details
Active in the post-war period, Escoda Corominas developed a textured, emotionally driven style focused on scenes of collective life and popular tradition. His work emphasizes atmosphere, movement, and painterly surface, aligning him with Spanish figurative expressionist tendencies of the mid to late 20th century.

Movements
Mid-20th-Century Spanish Figurative Expressionism

Artist Influenced by
Influenced by Spanish figurative traditions and expressionist approaches, with echoes of Francisco Goya and José Gutiérrez Solana.

Frame Condition
Presented in a substantial vintage wooden frame with metallic inner trim, showing minor age-related wear.

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