Mural paintings at Llars Mundet

The restoration of the mural paintings at the Llars Mundet church presented a unique opportunity to recover and document a paramount, yet lesser-known masterpiece of contemporary Catalan painting.

This imposing 400 m2 mural is an Informalist creation by Joan Josep Tharrats, co-founder of the legendary avant-garde group Dau al Set alongside Antoni Tàpies. The artwork, completed in 1958, occupies the entire apse of the church designed by the architect Manuel Baldrich—a temple where avant-garde architecture enters into dialogue with pieces by renowned artists of the stature of Josep Maria Subirachs and Joan Rebull.

The Art of Matter and Light The mural stands out for a palette dominated by blues, emeralds, greens, and purples, applied with an apparent improvisation that fully explores brushstrokes, textures, and physical matter. Tharrats achieves exceptional chromatic richness through roller-applied layers, glazed ceramic reliefs, and enameled river pebbles.

The result is an abstraction imbued with depth, dynamism, and volume that seamlessly integrates into the architectural space, offering the viewer shifting, organic visual sensations that evoke both the immensity of the sky and the sea.