Untitled (River Landscape) - César Fernández Navarro, 1989

Description

César Fernández Navarro

Untitled (River Landscape), 1989

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A modest building occupies the center of a tranquil waterscape, where turquoise reflections, deep greens and muted light stretch towards the horizon. Fernández Navarro structures the composition through broad horizontal planes of color, while small boats and riverside architecture evoke everyday life along Argentina's Litoral waterways.

César Fernández Navarro (Bahía Blanca, 1909–Santa Fe, 1992) trained in Spain and France and worked as a painter, printmaker and muralist. Based in Santa Fe from 1940, he was associated with the Grupo Litoral, making the river and its communities recurring subjects. Created in 1989, this late painting distills that lifelong engagement into a quiet atmosphere of reduced forms and subtle chromatic relationships.

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Technical details

Artist: César Fernández Navarro

Title: Untitled (River Landscape)

Year: 1989

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50 × 60 cm

Signature: signed “César F. Navarro” at lower left

Authentication: certificate of authenticity included

Provenance: private collection