In this intense work from 1939, Armand Jamar interprets a vision from Dante’s Divina Commedia, specifically chapter XXIX of Purgatorio, where seven radiant flames appear. The glowing verticals in the distance suggest these symbolic lights, emerging from a forest of trembling trees.
With dynamic brushwork and a palette of deep earth tones, smoky blues and fiery orange, Jamar evokes both spiritual tension and timeless silence. The landscape seems to burn and breathe at once. This piece belongs to a late series in which Jamar explores the mystical dimension of nature and faith.
Details:
• Artist: Armand Jamar (Liège 1870 – 1946 Saint-Gilles)
• Oil on canvas on board (marouflé)
• Condition: good
• Signed, dated and titled
• Sale with frame
• Size without frame: 45.5 cm x 37.5 cm
• Size with frame: 55 cm x 47 cm
• Origin: auction
