Terraced Village

Terraced Village is a painting by Joaquim Mir currently exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

He made decorations, murals, and stained glass windows for his uncles home, Casa Trinxet.

His first exhibition was in 1901 in Barcelona and while the critical reviews of were positive the public found his works hard to understand.

The innovative manner in which he interpreted the landscape stemmed from his great descriptive talent, from an inbred facility for rendering dazzling atmosphere and from an original way of applying patches of bold and vibrant colors, with harmonious chromatic gradations.

The artist uses different variations of light and dark to pull the viewers attention towards different areas making for a very dynamic piece.

Oil paints remain wet longer allowing the artist to change the color, texture and more to whatever they desire.

The Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona purchased Terraced Village in 1932 as part of the Plandiura Collection.

Terraced Village was selected to be a part of Partage Plus: Digitising and Enabling Art Nouvea for Europeana.