Crowd Around a Bonfire (Viejo Madrid) – Original Drawings

Madrid original art: Charcoal drawing. Crowd Around a Bonfire by Mario Jodra, from the Viejo Madrid series. Signed, with Certificate of Authenticity.

This drawing depicts a crowd warming themselves around a bonfire in front of the old Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint), waiting to enter the “El Gordo” Christmas lottery draw. It’s based on a 1905 photograph by an unknown author.

This is an original charcoal drawing from the Viejo Madrid series — a body of work on paper depicting historic Madrid streets, buildings, people, and everyday scenes that have since disappeared. Rooted in the artist’s own childhood memories of the city in the 1980s, each drawing is a dreamed, fictional reconstruction of a vanished Madrid. Hand-signed original artwork, sold with a Certificate of Authenticity, available directly from the artist’s studio.

This drawing also appears in Viejo Madrid, a self-published book by the same artist. It’s available in two editions: the original 2022 edition, and a 2026 second edition with a different format, binding, and additional drawings — both available in this shop.

DETAILS

Artist:
Mario Jodra

Title of work:
Muchedumbre calentándose alrededor de una hoguera (Serie Viejo Madrid)

Techniques & Materials:
Charcoal

Support:
Bouffant paper 90g

Dimensions:
21 x 29,7 cm

Location & Year created:
Madrid. 2022

Signed by hand.

Certificates of Authenticity.