Pedro Gross – Seated Maja with Red Mantilla. Spanish School, 20th Century. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 105 cm x 75 cm. The female figure, portrayed with elegant sensuality, poses confidently, enveloped in a lace mantilla and a scarlet dress that highlights the painterly texture. The nighttime background and the stone bench suggest an urban garden. The reds and whites are balanced by the dark tones of the surroundings, generating a visual tension characteristic of figurative expressionism. The thick brushstrokes and vibrant colors reinforce the expressiveness of the portrait. Signed and dated 1955, this oil painting represents the continuation of the tradition of the female figure in mid-20th-century Spanish painting.
