Twenties

Francisco Bores, Sin Título (Jugadores de cartas) [Untitled, (Card Players)], 1928, oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm. Private collection. Carmen Bores collection.

Towards the end of 1930, Bores discovered the light of Provence thanks to a sojourn in Grasse. "I felt captivated by the light, by the fruit, by the women in that region and I started to paint landscapes and figures again, trying to restore the extraordinary brightness of the world to my paintings. Thus, I recovered the lesson of the impressionists", wrote the artist about this movement in a stage he referred to as "paint-fruit". Bores returns to painting landscapes and figures, trying to restore in his works the extraordinary brightness of the world. From 1934 he started a long period that lasted for over fifteen years, which meant his return to interior scenes. The Thirties were a moment of diversity and search, but also of discoveries for Bores, maybe the most heterogeneous time of his career. He turned to a more familiar topic full of calm and balance in which the intimist dimension made him choose an atmosphere of delicate lyricism, without losing sensuality. Never before had his work focused on sceneries of his intimate, familiar and daily life.


MADRID (1898-1925)

Thirties and Sixties