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

Joaquim Mir
Joaquim Mir was a Catalan Spanish artist that is known for his impressionist and modern pieces. When he began painting, his first periods of works were regarding social issues although he is known best for his later works, which were mostly landscapes. For a time he received help from his uncle in exchange for works. 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. In 1905, he suffered an accident and was admitted to the Pere Mate Psychiatric Institute in Ruis. After his release he moved to the Camp de Tarragona area with this mother and sister. During his time here, his work with landscapes intensified. He participated in solo and group exhibitions and his work began to be accepted by the public.

In 1921, after bouncing around from town to town, he settled permanently in Vilanova I la Geltru. At the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929, he was awarded the first medal and at the National Exhibition of Madrid in 1930 he received the medal of honor for his works. These two awards were considered official recognition of his work. He passed away from kidney disease in 1940.

Creation
Terraced Village or Poble Escalnot is a view of the village of Mapujols (Tarragona province). It was created during Mir’s Camp de Tarragona years (1905 – 1913) after his mental breakdown/accident and hospital stay. Different sources have different dates for when the piece was painted but it has been narrowed down for somewhere in between 1906 and 1909.

Content
Mir uses an explosion of pure color as a vivid reflection of his inner feelings. The innovative manner in which he interprets the landscape stems 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. Many of his impressionist’s landscapes from this time period (1905-1913) are posses this same use of vibrant color to detail his surroundings.

Materials
Terraced Village is a painting made from oil on canvas. Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist making a sketch of what they are going to paint on the canvas. Depending on the consistency wanted by the artist, the oil paint can be mixed with linseed oil, mineral spirits or other solvents.

Entering Museums
The Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona purchased Terraced Village in 1932 as part of the Plandiura Collection. The National Museum of Art of Catalonia now holds the piece in its collection.

Partage Plus
Terraced Village was selected to be a part of Partage Plus: Digitising and Enabling Art Nouvea for Europeana. The project started in March of 2012 among 25 partner institutions and was slated to digitize 75,000 items in 24 months. The works selected were European Art Nouveau objects, artworks, posters, and buildings. The project was done to to make all of the items available for access through Europeana.