JOSÉ LUIS GONZÁLEZ BERNAL (Zaragoza, 1908-La Malmaison, France, 1939). "Landscape with waterfall". Oil on canvas. It has slight restorations. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 60,5 x 92 cm. The mist in the sky and the pictorial treatment of the foregrounds show us a landscape of romantic style, a scene with tactile and sensorial values. An image that is close to magical realism or the aesthetic conceptions of surrealism, where despite the realistic finish, an element of unease can be appreciated that appeals directly to the spectator. Drawer and painter José Luis Bernal began his artistic education at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zaragoza, although he later moved to Paris to complete his education. It was in the French capital that he came into contact with the surrealist group, which strongly influenced his pictorial style. After the outbreak of the Civil War he returned to Spain with the intention of defending the Republic, although after the war he returned to Paris in exile owing to the Franco regime. This exile meant that his painting was unknown in his native country until the 1970s.