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The River, Bilbao

Regoyos, Darío de

Ribadesella, Asturias, 01/11/1857-Barcelona, 29/10/1913

Oil on canvas

49.1 x 208.8 cm

Regoyos (bottom right hand corner)

c. 1910

First quarter of the 20th century

94/12

Donated by the Entrecanales family in 1994

Another painting worthy of special mention here is the large (49.1 x 208.5 cm) distinctly Impressionist The River, Bilbao, painted while he was living in Las Arenas. It shows the river estuary at dusk. Regoyos was interested above all in capturing the life and the milieu, and here he dots the painting with vessels, a tram and several people. In the foreground are the walkway and a series of allotments with colourful plants and produce that enhance the work; further back is a depth-filled landscape, with a fine sky capturing the passing moments of late afternoon to perfection. Very few works by Regoyos measure more than two metres, all of them being commissions for decorative purposes. That's the only real justification for the size of this and other paintings of similar dimensions. [Juan San Nicolás, 2008]

Selected bibliography

Darío de Regoyos [Cat. exp.]. Donostia-San Sebastián, Fundación Social y Cultural Kutxa, 1994. s.p., il.
Lutxana, Baracaldo. Lutxana, [s. n.], 1995..
Tradition and modernity in basque painting, 1880-1939 = Tradición y modernidad en la pintura vasca, 1880-1939 [Cat. exp.]. Southampton ; Bilbao, Southampton City Art Gallery ; Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 1997. p. 110, n° cat. 7.
Darío de Regoyos [Cat. exp.]. Pamplona, Caja de Ahorrosde Navarra, 1997. p. 29.
Araújo, Joaquín. "Descubrir España", National Geographic, Vol. 13. 1999.
PRADO VADILLO, Mercedes. Tradición y Modernidad en la Pintura de Darío de Regoyos. Gijón, Museo Nicanor Piñole, 2002. N° cat. 22
Rubio de Urquía, Guadalupe. Baroja : kilómetro cero : cincuenta aniversario de Pío Baroja [Cat. exp.]. Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, 2006. pp. 160, 233, n° cat. 1.
San Nicolás, Juan. "Darío de Regoyos : bere prestakuntza, bizitza eta obra = aspectos de su formación, vida y obra = Aspects of this training, life and work", B'07 : Buletina = Boletín = Bulletin, n° 3. 2008. pp. 201-255.
Darío de Regoyos, 1857-1913 : la aventura impresionista [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2013. pp. 206-207, 255, n° cat. 116.
Darío de Regoyos, 1857-1913 : la aventura impresionista [Cat. exp.]. Madrid, Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2013. pp. 206-207, 255, n° cat. 116.
San Nicolás, Juan. Darío de Regoyos : catálogo razonado = catalogue raisonné. Madrid, Fundación Azcona ; Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias , 2014. p. 460, n° cat. 621.
Quintanal Sánchez, Inmaculada [Ed. lit.]. Darío de Regoyos, en su centenario. Oviedo, Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 2015. pp. 40-41.
Bilboko Museoaren alfabetoa = El alfabeto del Museo de Bilbao = The alphabet of the Bilbao Museum = L'alphabet du Musée de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2018. pp. 38-39, 45, n° cat.13.
Beruete, Regoyos y el paisaje de principios del siglo XX en las colecciones de los ingenieros José Entrecanales y Santiago Corral. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2020. pp. 22, 128, 154, 192, n° cat. 58.