Ulpiano Carrasco Art

London Thames River Expressionist Cityscape with Bold Impasto Color Artist: Ulpiano Carrasco Title: Támesis Year: 1998 Medium: Oil on canvas Subject: London cityscape, River Thames, bridges and urban architecture Style: Contemporary Expressionism, expressive landscape painting Period: Late 20th century Signature: Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Artwork dimensions: 46 × 55 cm / 18.11 × 21.65 in Framed dimensions: 70 × 79 cm / 27.56 × 31.10 in Framing: Framed in a wide gilt frame with black inner liner Condition: Very good overall condition. Rich impasto surface, stable paint layer and strong chromatic presence. The frame shows minor signs of age and use, consistent with its decorative character. DESCRIPTION A powerful and highly expressive oil on canvas by Spanish contemporary artist Ulpiano Carrasco, titled Támesis and dated 1998 on the reverse. This striking work presents an energetic interpretation of the River Thames in London, with bridges, urban silhouettes and architectural forms emerging through a dense, almost volcanic surface of paint. Rather than offering a conventional city view, Carrasco transforms London into a dynamic pictorial organism, where water, sky and architecture seem to move under the pressure of color and gesture. The composition is dominated by intense violets, blues, greens, reds and yellows, applied with thick, tactile impasto. The river becomes a luminous diagonal force, while the skyline rises above it in a cascade of expressive strokes. The result is a cityscape charged with emotion, rhythm and painterly freedom. The work is especially attractive because it takes Carrasco’s recognizable language of expressive landscape painting beyond his more familiar Spanish subjects and applies it to an international urban motif. The Thames, one of the most iconic rivers in Europe, becomes here a field of color, texture and movement. Presented in a wide gilt frame with a black inner liner, the painting has strong wall presence and decorative impact. It is a vivid, collectible piece for interiors seeking color, texture and European contemporary character. European art with a Mediterranean soul. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Ulpiano Carrasco was born in Casas de Santa Cruz, Villanueva de la Jara, Cuenca, Spain, in 1961. He is a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his expressive landscapes, vibrant chromatic range and heavily textured surfaces. His work often begins with recognizable places, villages, fields, rivers or urban views, but Carrasco does not approach landscape as simple description. Instead, he transforms it into an emotional and painterly experience. Color, gesture and matter become the true protagonists of the composition. Carrasco’s paintings are characterized by rich impasto, energetic brushwork and a highly personal interpretation of place. His visual language connects Spanish landscape tradition with contemporary expressionism, creating works that are both deeply rooted and boldly modern. He has exhibited in Spain and internationally, and his work is held in public and private collections. His paintings are particularly appreciated for their strong decorative presence, emotional intensity and unmistakable material quality. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / PICTORIAL INSPIRATION This work can be placed within the broader European tradition of expressive landscape and cityscape painting, where the subject is not merely represented but emotionally transformed. Its vigorous brushwork and dense surface recall the intensity of Chaïm Soutine, the color freedom of Maurice de Vlaminck, the expressive urban energy of Oskar Kokoschka, and the structural force of Nicolas de Staël. There is also a Mediterranean chromatic violence in Carrasco’s palette, a kind of pictorial electricity that turns the Thames into something less British drizzle and more chromatic earthquake. The painting will appeal to collectors interested in Spanish contemporary painting, expressionist cityscapes, London views, Thames paintings...