By ANGEL BADIA CAMPS
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Paris Café Terrace Scene
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38 × 46 cm (14.96 × 18.11 in)
Framing: Unframed
Signature: Hand-signed lower right
Period: Second half of the 20th century
Condition: Very good. Firm canvas, stable paint layer, visible impasto, no apparent restorations.
Origin: Spain
Original oil painting depicting a lively Parisian café terrace scene, rendered with a luminous and expressive brushstroke.
The composition captures a moment of everyday urban life: seated figures, soft conversation, café signage and filtered daylight dissolving into architectural shadows. The artist prioritizes atmosphere over strict detail, allowing the scene to breathe through fluid impasto and subtle tonal transitions.
The chromatic palette balances cool bluish greys and whites with warmer accents, creating depth and visual rhythm. The treatment of figures and light evokes European post-impressionist tradition, combining figurative clarity with painterly spontaneity.
A refined decorative piece with strong interior presence, ideal for collectors of European figurative art, lovers of Parisian imagery, or elegant contemporary interiors seeking warmth and narrative.
Àngel Badia i Camps (Puig-reig, Barcelona, 1929 – Barcelona, 2019) was a Catalan painter, illustrator and comic artist trained at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts.
During the 1950s and 1960s he worked extensively as an illustrator for European and British publishers, developing a strong command of the human figure and narrative composition. From the 1970s onward he focused primarily on fine art painting, producing figurative works centered on urban scenes, landscapes and everyday life.
His work was exhibited in Spanish and international galleries, consolidating his position within the Catalan figurative tradition of the second half of the 20th century.
Paris café painting...
Category
1970s Modern Somnath Hore Art