Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa

Private collection, Barcelona;

Martínez Artero, Paris, by 1943;

Anonymous sale, Madrid, Durán Arte y Subastas, January 1971, lot 15;

With Galeria Theo, Madrid;

From whom acquired by the parents of the present owners in 1976. 

F. Fontbona and F. Miralles, Anglada Camarasa, Catalogue Raisonné,  Barcelona 1981, p. 291, no. F1, reproduced.

Painted circa 1940, Pinos de Formentor was inspired by the exotic trees of Mallorca’s lush Formentor peninsula, outside Port Pollença. After establishing his career among the avant-garde circles of Paris, Anglada decided to return to Spain in search of a quieter life, settling in Port Pollença in 1914. Here he turned away from figural painting to a contemplation of the landscape, developing a progressive and experimental rather than a realistic style. Anglada's move to Mallorca also coincided with a fundamental change in his technique. Colour remained his primary concern, however he moved away from the use of glazes, instead applying paint thickly on to the canvas directly from the tube, and developing in the process an array of striking colour combinations.