Interior of a Café
Santiago Rusiñol, Spanish, 1861 - 1931
Date:
1892Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 × 32 inches (100.3 × 81.3 cm) Framed: 51 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 3 inches (130.8 × 112.4 × 7.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
Cat. 1078Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
1892Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 × 32 inches (100.3 × 81.3 cm) Framed: 51 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 3 inches (130.8 × 112.4 × 7.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 159, European Art 1850-1900, first floor
Accession Number:Cat. 1078Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
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cafe [x] composition studies [x] interior [x] serene [x] spain [x] women [x]The artist and writer RusiÑol was one of the founders of the turn-of-the-century Spanish Modernista movement. He and his colleagues, including the young Pablo Picasso, regularly met for lively discussions in a small Barcelona café. The figures populating the café in this painting, however, appear silent, solitary, and preoccupied with their own thoughts. The dull colors and enclosed space reinforce a sense of isolation.
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