SAGRADA FAMILIA ILLUMINATED - BARCELONA FULL MOON NIGHTSCAPE modern impressionism impasto textural palette knife oil painting abstract cityscape by Ana Maria Edulescu Original Oil Painting by ANA MARIA EDULESCU

Original impasto textural modern impressionist palette knife oil painting on stretched canvas , sizes : 10 x 15 cm, depth - 2 cm.

SAGRADA FAMILIA ILLUMINATED - BARCELONA FULL MOON NIGHTSCAPE is a palette knife oil painting that captures Gaudi's amazing cathedral Sagrada Familia in moon light . I realized this work in impasto technique with professional oil paints applied with different types of palette knives.

I traveled to Barcelona and I was impressed by Sagrada Familia. It's architectural style has been called ''warped Gothic''. Gaudi believed that color is life. Perhaps that's why I personally admire so much his amazing creations.

'' Describing Sagrada Familia, art critic Rainer Zerbst said << it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art >>.
The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, commonly known as Sagrada Familia, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi ( 1852 - 1926 ). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thought construction of Sagrada Familia had commenced in 1882, Gaudi became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style - combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.
Gaudi devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death, in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Familia's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completation date of 2026 - the centennial of Gaudi's death. '' ( Wiki )

Materials used:

oil paints, canvas, palette knives

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 10 x 15 x 2cm (unframed) / 10 x 15cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes