‘Spanish interior with Dutch exterior’, a painting of “incalculable value” by Víctor Mira that leaves the King “impressed”

This Thursday, March 5, the Kings inaugurated the ARCOmadrid 2026 International Contemporary Art Fair, where they have visited some Spanish galleries and other international ones. As he passed through the Catalan Miguel Marcos gallery, the King stayed “impressed” in front of a painting by the artist Víctor Mira, titled ‘Spanish interior with Dutch exterior’ and made by its author in 1985. It is an oil painting on canvas measuring 250 by 400 centimeters.

This was stated by Mirentxu Corcoy, co-director of the Miguel Marcos gallery, in statements to Europa Press, during the tour that the monarchs have begun in this space. “He was impressed with the painting“Corcoy revealed.

‘Spanish interior with Dutch exterior’ is a diptych exhibited in the painter’s individual exhibition ‘Apology of Ecstasy’, held in 2002 at the Pablo Serrano Museum in Zaragoza, and which has since been seen again on two occasions. “It has incalculable value,” Corcoy told Europa Press.

The work of Victor Mira (Larache, Morocco, former Spanish colony, 1949 – Breitburnn am Amersee, Munich, 2003), is closely linked to her biography and has been recognized by international critics for her ability to synthesize informalist procedures with the figurative dimension, along with the very personal recreation of some of the traditional genres, such as still life.

Look, according to the information provided by the Miguel Marcos Gallery to Europa Press, he did not seem to admit any other way of existence than that of rootlessness, viscerality and a healthy sense of disinhibition, which allowed him to maintain intense and complex love-hate relationships with Spain, his native country.

The painter died in 2003 when he was hit by a train in Germany, a few kilometers from the town of Breitbrunn, near the city of Munich..

BACH AND BEETHOVEN, THEIR REFERENCES

In addition to his pictorial work, Mira stood out for his production in the field of sculpture, ceramics, installation and graphic work, without forgetting the enormous production of drawings that he carried out throughout his life. Another central aspect of his art is poetry.

Among its most recurring themes are its ‘Stylists‘, referring to the legend of Saint Simeon. His iconographic representation, which extends to later series and defines his most personal style, is executed from figures mostly seated and in profile, always loaded with intense feelings of loneliness, lack of communication, the passage of time and an immanent transcendence.

Likewise, Mira felt the need to visually explore the musical universe of two of her main references: Johann Sebastian Bach y Ludwig van Beethoven. In series like Bachkantaten two of the most differentiating elements of the Miranian universe are glimpsed: the colors blue and black and the Greek cross.

His work is part of museums and public collections such as the Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria), the Los Bragales Collection (Santander), Cortes de Aragón (Zaragoza), Provincial Council of Zaragoza (Zaragoza), Government of Aragon (Zaragoza), Graphische Sammlung in der Staatsgalerie (Stuttgart, Germany), Kunstmuseum (Basel, Switzerland), MoMA Museum of Modern Art (New York), Museum of Fine Arts (Vitoria), Neue Galerie der Stant (Linz, Austria) or the MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid).