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Theodoros Markellos — Greek painter, landscapes and seascapes
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Madrid Couple at Sunset — 27.00 × 35.00 cm — Theodoros Markellos
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Madrid Couple at Sunset

MK840


Artist
Theodoros Markellos (1925–2015)
Medium
Oil on Fiberboard
Dimensions
27.00 × 35.00 cm
Category
Still life
Signed
Lower right

About This Work

Two objects sit side by side on a wooden tabletop, Madrid's violet skyline receding behind them in the last of the sunset.

The whole scene is held in that late, golden light. See how the two forms lean into one another, turning away from the soft violet skyline in the distance. Burnt orange and pale gold wash over the tabletop, warming the wood beneath, while cooler slate shadows pool at the edges to steady everything. The paint itself breathes—it’s a smooth glaze on glass, but becomes rougher, more tactile, on the fabric and the worn grain of the table. Light comes in low, lengthening shadows and softening every contour. That one touch of olive green grounds all the warmth. The hour settles slowly, and the air carries that tender stillness left behind when two people have just stepped away.