Mid-Century Impressionist Mexican Street Market Painting

This is an original oil or acrylic painting on board or canvas, featuring a vibrant Mexican street market scene rendered in an Impressionist style. The composition utilized heavy impasto techniques with palette knife work, creating a rich, textured surface that adds depth to the urban village setting. The color palette is composed of dusty earth tones for the colonial-style architecture, contrasted by brilliant splashes of marigold yellow, fuchsia pink, and deep greens representing the floral vendors and market stalls. Figures are depicted in traditional attire, including wide-brimmed sombreros, captured with bold, gestural strokes. A notable architectural detail is the wrought iron lamp post and arched balcony visible in the background. The work is housed in a thin, gold-toned metallic or gilded wood frame typical of mid-20th-century presentation. While a specific signature isn't immediately visible in the provided image, the style is highly characteristic of mid-century Mexican regionalist painters who specialized in 'costumbrismo' (depicting local customs). The condition appears stable with no obvious paint loss or flaking, though there is a natural aged patina to the pigments and some minor scuffing to the frame edges. The craftsmanship shows a confident hand, with sophisticated light play filtering through the white and blue awnings in the center of the piece.