Better known as Anzo, José Iranzo experimented with a large variety of styles. After the figuration of his earliest period, in the late 1950s he opted for a non-objective orientation that heralded an abstract interlude prior to embracing in 1963.

This work in the BBVA Collection is a clear example of the practice he engaged with in the wake of matter-based a style defined by the use of rich texture, a free-flowing painterly gesture and the use of thick impastos he created by mixing oil paint and sand. Anzo paid special attention to the tactile quality of painting, which he explored through a thickening of forms.

In the title of this work, Crepúsculo mediterráneo (Mediterranean Twilight) the artist brings the beholder closer to his land of birth, and he does so either through pure non-objectivity or through a neo-figurative aesthetics, using a characteristic feature of his native Valencia as a pretext.