Bidspirit auction | St. Mark's Square, Venice. Signed

St. Mark's Square, Venice. Signed José Luis Ortega, Spanish School, 20th Century - Oil on panel. Dimensions: 71 x 51 cm; 84 x 64 cm. View of St. Mark's Square in Venice with gondolas lined up in the foreground and the monumental Venetian architecture stretching towards the horizon. The scene includes the Doge's Palace, monumental columns, and the bell tower under a vast sky of cottony clouds and iridescent reflections on the water. The composition combines architectural precision and vibrant color through meticulous brushwork that lends luminosity and dynamism to the whole. The work belongs to the tradition of 20th-century European urban landscape painting, heir to the Venetian tradition and to the highly decorative appeal of tourist paintings. The richness of reflections and the atmospheric depth of the canal are particularly noteworthy.