Paseo a la ciudad 1917

Joan Miró made this landscape, Paseo a la ciudad, with paint that seems to be laid down in soft, deliberate strokes, in a palette of ochres, greens, and blues. I imagine Miró standing before the canvas, brush in hand, figuring out how to capture the essence of a place—the weight of the buildings, the rolling hills, the road that pulls you in. Look at the curves in that path, and the way the colors shift, as if he’s inviting us to stroll right into the heart of the scene. It feels like a conversation, not just with the landscape but with other painters too. You can see a Cézanne-like approach to form. Painters are always talking to each other across time, aren't they? Each brushstroke is a thought, a feeling, a tiny bit of the artist’s soul made visible, and each painting is a testament to the power of art to open up new ways of seeing and experiencing the world.