From 13.10.2026, the museum will be temporarily closed for renovations. We look forward to seeing you at the activities we have prepared in other espaces. Please visit agenda at our website.
From 13.10.2026, the museum will be temporarily closed for renovations. We look forward to seeing you at the activities we have prepared in other espaces. Please visit agenda at our website.
Author
Antoni Tàpies
Title
Pintura-bastidor (Stretcher-Painting)
Date
1962
Medium
Mixed media on back-to-front canvas
Sizes
150 x 123 x 7 cm
Register Number
88
Comments
Antoni Tàpies considered the painting as an object, not as a window, as was the norm in the classical conception of painting. For this reason, Tàpies gave relief to the surface of his canvases with materials such as earth, sand, straw, etc. In this type of work, sometimes the artist intervened on the back of the canvas to emphasise his conception of the painting as an object. Pintura-bastidor (Stretcher-Painting, 1962) exemplifies this idea, and Pantalons sobre bastidor (Trousers on a Stretcher, 1971) as well.
