R. Recao Reverón Jr. ‘The Fishermen’ 1970 — Coastal Beach Seascape

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R. Recao Reverón Jr., ‘The Fishermen,’ 1970—Coastal Beach Seascape
Work: canvas, 8 x 7.5 in.
Framed: 12 in. W x … Read more R. Recao Reverón Jr., ‘The Fishermen,’ 1970—Coastal Beach Seascape
Work: canvas, 8 x 7.5 in.
Framed: 12 in. W x 11.5 in. H
Inscribed: signed “Recao Reverón” and dated “70”; plaque “R. Recao Reverón Jr.”

A tightly observed small-scale coastal genre scene, The Fishermen captures three figures hauling a net through the surf—an image closely associated with beach seining (shore-based net fishing), where a long net is drawn in by hand from the shoreline. The artist builds the composition with confident, abbreviated forms and impasto-driven brushwork, using high-chroma yellows and ochres to dramatize the net against a cool field of Atlantic or Caribbean blues. The foreground is animated by rhythmic strokes that describe water, wet sand, and the drag of the net in a single, continuous movement.

Signed and dated 1970 at lower left and presented in a period gilt frame with a nameplate reading “R. Recao Reverón Jr.” The work reads as a mid-century/late-modern study of labor at sea—at once documentary and painterly—scaled for intimate viewing yet composed with a strong, cinematic horizon and a clear narrative sequence.

Work: canvas, 8 x 7.5 in.
Framed: 12 in. W x 11.5 in. H (as provided)
Inscribed: signed “Recao Reverón” and dated “70”; plaque “R. Recao Reverón Jr.” See less