Cala Forn

Cala Forn is a painting by Joaquim Sunyer currently exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

Cala Forn
ArtistJoaquim Sunyer
Year1917
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions120 cm × 140,5 cm (47 in × 553 in)
LocationMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

History

After a few years in Paris, where he was influenced by the French Post-Impressionists before adopting a language similar to Cézanne's, Sunyer returned to Catalonia, where he made his name as the leader of Noucentisme, an artistic movement that preached a return to classical models and upheld figurative art in opposition to the avant-garde movements. Cala Forn, one of Sunyer's and Noucentisme's most paradigmatic works, marked the peak of his creative development. With its great expressive power and feeling, the artist achieves perfect integration of the figures in the landscape, not limiting them to reproductions of everyday reality but turning them into symbols of the Catalonia of the time.[1]

gollark: It is several months old (I think) and not made to annoy anyone.
gollark: I mean, maybe ~50 blocks?
gollark: It wasn't very close when it was actually claimed.
gollark: Deliberately put near there (it should contain a hole and some fake lava) mostly because I was bored and ended up digging a hole for some reason, but pretty far from any actual claim.
gollark: As in, I think months.

References
  1. Artwork commented at museum's website
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