Joan Miró i Ferrà (/ m ɪ ˈ r oʊ / mi-ROH, [1] US also / m iː ˈ r oʊ / mee-ROH; [2] [3] Catalan: [ʒuˈan miˈɾoj fəˈra]; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist.A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was ...

Feb 19, 2025 · Joan Miró (born April 20, 1893, Barcelona, Spain—died December 25, 1983, Palma, Majorca) was a Catalan artist who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. He worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous …

Joan Miró i Ferrà (Catalan: [ʒuˈan miˈɾo]; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive ...

In 1918, Joan Miró was set up for his first solo exhibit at the Dalmau Galleries in Barcelona. In 1919 Miro made his first trip to Paris, France, and thereafter he spent the winters in Paris and the summers in Montroig. His first one-man show in Paris was held in 1921 and his paintings of this period reflect cubist influences.

Joan Miró was born in Spain in 1893 to a family of craftsmen. His father Miguel was a watchmaker and goldsmith, while his mother was the daughter of a cabinetmaker. Perhaps in keeping with his family's artistic trade, Miró exhibited a strong love of drawing at an early age; not particularly inclined toward academics, he said he was "a very ...

Joan Miró’s painting The Hunter (Catalan Landscape) brings together the real and the imaginary, abstraction and figuration, and image and text in a way that would characterize much of his work to come. In the canvas—a landscape filled with personal symbols and evocations of life on his family’s farm in Montroig, Spain, such as a tree trunk sprouting a leaf and the eponymous …

Jul 1, 2018 · Though often pigeonholed as a Surrealist, the Catalan modernist Joan Miró considered his art to be free of any “ism.” He experimented feverishly throughout his career with different media—painting, pastel, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, collage, muralism, and tapestry—and unconventional materials as a way of making work that expressed the …

Feb 14, 2018 · Joan Miró was still a young man when he moved to Paris in 1920. He was born in Barcelona in 1893 and received an early introduction to the arts, taking up art classes from the age of 7. By 1912, he had already abandoned his business school education and clerk’s position—allegedly due to a nervous breakdown, a bout of typhoid fever, or both ...

Nov 20, 2023 · Joan Miró paintings graced the art world with a whimsical palette and an imagination that danced freely across canvases. Born on April 20, 1893, in Barcelona, Spain, Miró’s artistic journey commenced with formal education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jorge, where he studied from 1907 to 1910. His familial roots deeply entwined with a …

Jan 26, 2022 · Joan Miró (MOMA Artist Series) (2008) by Carolyn Lanchner. This is part of a collection of books that covers various famous artists. It was published in 2008 and explores examples of Joan Miró art with accompanying text about the artist and his style. It is published by the Museum of Modern Art and is accessible as a collection or a stand-alone.