Azul, San Sebastian

Dario de Regoyos

c. 1900

Oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A street scene depicts buildings with balconies and windows, with people and a horse-drawn cart on the street below. A red kiosk is in the foreground. Regoyos was a Spanish painter who trained in Brussels, Belgium where he helped found the artists's society known as Les XX (Les Vingts). His painting style evolved from Naturalism to Impressionism and finally, Pointillism. Regoyos settled in the Basque region of Northern Spain. He preferred painting outdoor landscapes, working in an intentionally naïve style that is credited with introducing Impressionist techniques into Spanish painting. Gallery Not on View Gift of Cyrus and Barbara Krause DeCoster