ENRIQUE ATALAYA GONZÁLEZ (Murcia, 1851 - Paris, 1913). "The cacharrero". Oil on mahogany board.

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  ENRIQUE ATALAYA GONZÁLEZ (Murcia, 1851 - Paris, 1913). "The cacharrero". Oil on mahogany board. Presents stamp on the back. It has frame of the twentieth century. Signed. Measurements: 45 x 55 cm; 58 x 67,5 cm (frame). In an eighteenth-century key, the artist of this work contemplates a scene of everyday life, which was collected by great authors among which stands out the work with the same title of the master Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. The author poses the scene from a high, almost aerial perspective, which allows to see an urban scene in its entirety. The contrast between the luminosity of the central carriage or the earthenware in the foreground, with the sober architecture in which the scene is set, stands out. Enrique Atalaya began his training in Madrid, as a disciple of Guzmán Hernández Amores. He mainly cultivated genre and literary scenes, and participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1876. Since his youth he showed a marked inclination towards the watercolor technique, in which he expressed his postulates about the realistic painting of the post-romantic current of the second half of the 19th century. In 1881 he settled permanently in Paris, and did not return to Spain, so it is difficult to find his works in our country. During these years he participated in the Parisian Exposition of 1900. It is worth mentioning his research in the field of painting techniques, since he devised a system for painting on a wide variety of supports without using varnishes or oils. In his works, mainly of costumbrista themes, although he also painted portraits, he focused mainly on the description of popular characters and types, thus configuring a specific typology. His mastery in the description and capture of details and qualities, with a great taste for folklore and the flavor of the time, largely determine his pictorial language. In 2003 the exhibition "From Costumbrismo to Post-Impressionism. Enrique Atalaya" was held at the Almudí Palace in Murcia. Most of his artistic production is in the Museum of Fine Arts of Murcia, but he is also represented in other centers, such as the Prado Museum or the Art Renewal Center in New York.
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