Artwork
Stradă la Sighișoara
Stradă la Sighișoara is an unspecified painting by Pericle Capidan. It dates from 1949 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Art Cluj-Napoca.
About this work
Overview
Stradă la Sighișoara is a painting by Pericle Capidan, created around 1949. It is part of the collection at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a narrow, shadowy street in Sighișoara, framed by a worn stone archway. A building with a red roof and small balcony looms above, while the street beyond the archway is shrouded in darkness, creating a sense of depth and mystery.
Technique & Style
The artist's use of chiaroscuro, a strong contrast between light and dark, adds to the sense of depth and atmosphere in the painting. The colors, including a mixed blue and yellow sky, appear muted and uneven, while the peeling paint on the archway adds a sense of texture and wear.
Artist & collection
Artist
Pericle Capidan painted everyday scenes and quiet moments in oils. His brush captured a Sighișoara street, his own mother in 1902, and a 1923 harem scene among other interiors. He worked from the late 1800s into the…
