Geometry of the Encounter
3.800 €
This extraordinary square-format oil on panel painting (72 x 72 cm), executed around 1996 and signed in the lower right corner by Andrés Landín Ysasia (1957–2023), represents a masterpiece from the mature period of the award-winning Madrid artist. In this urban terrace scene bathed in a vibrant, golden light, the painter displays superior mastery deriving from his dual background as a Ph.D. in Fine Arts and a practicing architect, structuring a composition where spatial geometry seamlessly coexists with expressive, lush brushwork of rich painterly sensuality. The painting directly connects with the tradition of social scenes and cafés immortalized by European Post-Impressionist and Intimist masters, evoking the atmospheric dynamism of Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, the luminous freedom of Joaquín Sorolla’s open-air terrace compositions, and the structural architectural treatment characteristic of the Nabis. Landín turns an everyday setting into a lyrical stage where a lush palm tree, framed glass partition structures, and round bistro tables organize the depth of the composition without diminishing the vitality of the captured moment. The chromatic palette, dominated by a warm symphony of ochres, gold, oranges, and earth tones contrasted by vivid touches of cobalt blue, violet, and emerald green on the furniture and figures, demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of color theory and filtered light. The oil-on-wood technique allows the artist to build dense impasto textures and broken, fluid brushstrokes that impart an unmistakable vital rhythm and pulse to the pictorial surface. Backed by major accolades such as multiple First National Painting Prizes and the BMW Painting Award, as well as institutional representation at the Royal Academy of San Fernando, the U.S. Embassy, and the BMW Art Collection in Munich, this artwork represents a masterful synthesis of architectural rigor, light-filled lyricism, and museum-grade quality, positioning itself as an exceptionally attractive piece of high value for international fine art collectors.
TechniqueOil sobre madera
Dimensions72x72cm
Year1996
ArtistLANDÍN YSASIA, Andrés
LANDÍN YSASIA, Andrés
Andrés Landín Ysasia (Madrid, 1957 – Sitges, 2023) was a distinguished painter, architect, and Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the Complutense University and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, whose multifaceted academic background imparted extraordinary compositional rigor and intellectual depth to his artwork. Uniquely trained in both spatial architecture and painterly poetics, Landín cultivated a atmospheric figurative language in which mastery of perspective, veiled light, and the geometry of urban landscapes and intimate interiors played a central lyrical role. Three-time winner of the First National Prize for Painting (1991, 1993, and 1997), recipient of the prestigious Army Prize (1991), and a prominent laureate and finalist of the acclaimed BMW Painting Award, his illustrious career firmly established him as a contemporary master of light and form. Throughout his career, he held solo and group exhibitions in galleries and institutions across Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Argentina, and the United States (featuring notable shows in Miami, New York, Washington, and Boston), earning critical praise for his ability to harmonize classical traditions with a modern avant-garde sensibility. His technical versatility—ranging from rich impasto oil painting to ethereal glazing techniques on gold-leaf prepared panels—led to major public and institutional commissions, including the iconic painting created for the bar area of Madrid's historic Bar Balmoral. His paintings are held in prominent public, corporate, and private collections worldwide, including the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, the Embassy of the United States in Spain, the Embassy of Spain in Portugal, the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville, the Air Force Headquarters in Madrid, the University of Valladolid Art Collection, the Lloyds Bank corporate art collection in London, and the prestigious BMW Collection in Munich (Germany), solidifying his legacy as an artwork of enduring institutional prestige and fine collection value.
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