Paintings on Masonite is a series of 27 abstract paintings made by Joan Miró using the type of proprietary hardboard known as masonite, just after the Spanish Civil War started on 18 July 1936. These works break with his earlier phase which was known as his wild paintings period. This was a label established to describe the work done during the two years preceding the Civil War, between 1934 and 1936.

Description and reviews Rosa Maria Malet Ph.D, President of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona (1980-2017), compares masonites with the wild paintings immediately preceding, painted on copper and other materials:

The Museum of Modern Art in New York also emphasizes the violence of the technique:

The works were painted in Mont-roig del Camponline guide to the exhibition Miró 2011 room, 5 , to the page of Tate Modern in London. Accessed 26 August 2011. and Barcelona."Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937. The Museum of Modern Art, New York (November 2, 2008 to January 12, 2009)" by Michele Leight, The City Review, Manhattan, 2008 Shortly after he finished these paintings, the artist left the country and went back to Paris, in the fall of 1936, where he would stay for four years.

The series Register ArtworkSize (cm)MuseumCity Ref. Painting I 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting II 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting III 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting IV 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting V 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting VI 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting VII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting VIII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting IX 78 × 108 cm Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum Nagasaki Painting X 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XI 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XIII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XIV 108 × 78 cm Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona Painting XV 78 × 108 cm Israel Museum Jerusalem Painting XVI 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XVII 108 × 78 cm Private collection ND Painting XVIII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XIX 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XX 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XXI 78 × 108 cm Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona Painting XXII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XXIII 78 × 108 cm Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Painting XXIV 108 × 78 cm Private collection ND Painting XXV 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND Painting XXVI 78 × 108 cm Private collection London Painting XXVII 78 × 108 cm Private collection ND

See also The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl, a painting on masonite by Frida Kahlo.

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Further reading

External links "Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937. The Museum of Modern Art New York (November 2, 2008 to January 12, 2009)", Michele Leight, The City Review, Manhattan, 2008. "MoMA Presents the First Major Museum Exhibition to Focus on the Transformative Decade of Joan Miró's Work between 1927 and 1937"