1929 - 1931
Mediums: oil, canvas.
Location: The Museum of Figueres, Catalonia (Spain).
Briefly about the painting:
On this fantastic planet, Angeles Santos presents primitive people with their customs and way of life. This is a song of purity and nature, simple life. The plot also contains biblical references. In general, the picture has a naive primitivism and a children’s artistic language, in which the disproportion of the number of human figures (there are 36) with the small size of the planet, illuminated by an ideal sun, like by a searchlight. Male characters are dressed in dark green clothes, while all female characters are dressed in red. The dominant are the blue of the atmosphere and metallic gray surfaces. The scene is shown from a high angle, which gives it greatness.