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Jose Manuel Chico PratsPiazza della Signoria Florence Italy oil on canvas paintingc.1960
c.1960
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About the Item
Author: José Manuel Chico Prats (Barcelona, 1916 – 2006)
Title: Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Date: c. 1960
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 × 73 cm (23.6 × 28.7 in)
Signature: Signed lower right: Chico Prats
Framing: Unframed
Condition: Very good. Firm canvas, stable paint layer, with visible impasto and vibrant texture.
Work Description:
In this vibrant urban scene, José Manuel Chico Prats depicts Florence’s Piazza della Signoria, the historical and artistic heart of the city. The composition is organized around the Fountain of Neptune and the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de’ Medici, while a carriage crosses the square under a golden light that reflects off the façades of the Palazzo Vecchio.
The loose, impastoed brushwork reveals the artist’s mastery of color and atmosphere: pearly blues and warm ochres blend into a lively harmony in which the architecture seems to breathe. Chico Prats does not aim for topographical accuracy, but rather for the emotion of the moment—the vibration of light upon stone.
The painting conveys the Mediterranean and cosmopolitan air that defines his work, shaped by his travels through Italy and France.
Artistic Commentary:
The painting demonstrates Chico Prats’s technical maturity in his post-Impressionist period, in which light becomes the protagonist and the pictorial matter gains expressive value. His vision of Florence recalls the chromatic freedom of Eliseo Meifrèn, the urban lyricism of Emili Grau Sala, and the architectural balance of Ricard Urgell.
In his treatment of light, his work also approaches French painters such as Camille Pissarro and Albert Marquet, with whom he shares a taste for urban scenes bathed in enveloping atmospheric clarity.
Artist Biography:
José Manuel Chico Prats (Barcelona, 1916 – 2006) studied at the School of Fine Arts “La Llotja” in Barcelona and at the Academy of San Carlos in Valencia. After completing his training, he travelled extensively through Paris, Italy, and London, experiences that decisively shaped his artistic language. A painter and printmaker, he received several awards in national competitions—among them, for his illustrations for Cervantes’s Rinconete y Cortadillo.
His work is characterized by loose, impastoed brushwork, mastery of Mediterranean light, and attention to both architectural and human landscapes. He alternated coastal subjects from Ibiza and Mallorca—where he spent long periods—with urban scenes from his European travels.
- Creator:Jose Manuel Chico Prats (1916 - 2006, Spanish)
- Creation Year:c.1960
- Dimensions:Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 28.75 in (73 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Sitges, ES
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1155217209742
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