Painting by Joan Miró - 1936 - 78 x 108 cm Fundació Joan Miró Painting by Joan Miró - 1936 - 78 x 108 cm Fundació Joan Miró

Painting

sand, masonite • 78 x 108 cm
  • Joan Miró - April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983 Joan Miró 1936

In the late twenties Miró questioned paint as a medium and began to search for new vehicles of expression. Later, while working on his paintings on masonite, he grew aware of certain poetic qualities inherent in the material and sensed their aesthetic potential. Miró was in pursuit of the interpenetration of materials, which often appears imposed by force. The contrast of the materials (casein, black shoe polish, tar and sand, in addition to oil colours) and the rough support of the masonite express the violence of the execution.