Paul Hagemans (1884–1959) — Mediterranean Procession in the Old Town, Oil on Canvas/Board

Geographic: Southern Europe Mediterranean old town setting in Spain

Cultural: Catholic civic–religious procession tradition

Date: circa 1930–1950s 

Artist: Paul Hagemans (Belgian, 1884–1959) — signed

A lively procession moves through a sunlit old-town street, banners cutting through the crowd like small flags of colour. The architecture is built in energetic strokes—stone, plaster and shadow suggested rather than over-described—giving the scene momentum and atmosphere.

Presented in a richly ornamented gilt frame, it reads as a statement piece: narrative at a distance, texture up close.

Dimensions

Panel / visible image: approx. 50–60 × 70–80 cm

Frame: approx. 75–85 × 95–105 cm

Condition report

Oil painting appears in good, stable condition with expected minor surface wear consistent with age. Frame shows honest rubbing and small losses to the gilded high points; structurally presentable and ready to hang.

Ready to hang.

Collectors’ note

Works like this sit at the sweet spot: decorative impact first, and then— having the added pleasure of a named Belgian hand responding to Mediterranean light and ritual.