![]() ![]() Joan Miro died in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 1983. Shortly after moving to Paris in 1920, Mir befriended Andr Breton, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, Andr Masson and others associated with Dada and Surrealism. Miro’s poetic style is highly recognizable and praised throughout the history of art and it had notable influence on Abstract Expressionism and the Color Field Painting in the post-war period. Although he was uncomfortable aligning himself with isms, Mir is regarded as one of the most important Surrealists. Portrait of Spanish painter Joan Miro in 1958. Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miro paints in his studio Main Mallorca, Spain. Joan Mir - Works that have already been sold at Kunsthaus Lempertz: Solitude III/III Souvenir du Parc de Montsouris Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit Sans. His compositions are delicate, elaborate and filled with various abstract and associative elements, featuring motifs such as eyes, insectoid creatures, birds, and the frail moon. Joan Miros 1930 'Composition' oil painting on view at the Hayward Gallery in London. A pioneer of Automatism, Miro explored the depths of human mind through art, using color and form to describe imaginary shapes he invented. Right from the beginning, he abandoned the traditions of painting and started creating works driven with pure energy and “fire of the soul”, all executed with great care and perfectionism. The Surrealist movement itself was influenced by the unconscious mind, where reality and dreams. Few have left a bigger impact on the direction of modern art. Playful, filled with movement and color, linear, even childish are some of the first associations arisen from contemplation of Joan Miro’s art. Joan Miro is a famous Spanish artist from the 20th century who combined surrealist and abstract styles to produce a large amount of innovative paintings, sculptures, ceramics and drawings. Nevertheless, his career started to flourish during the 1930s, introducing a prolific period that lasted until his death. He had staged a solo exhibition in the early 1920s and had participated in group displays, but success seemed to have omitted Miro in his early years. It was in Paris, where Joan Miro befriended Andre Breton, hence the association with the Surrealist group, even though the artist never officially joined the group. Life in Paris was difficult for artists at the time, but these hard times might have influenced the young painter’s imagination and pushed him towards invention of the visual language known to wide audiences today. His initial artistic education in Barcelona preceded the big move to Paris the 26-year-old artist undertook in 1919. Closely connected to the original Surrealist movement, Joan Miro is today revered for his unique pictorial vocabulary and invigorating originality of style in both painting and printmaking.īorn in Spain in 1893 in a family of craftsmen, Miro was almost predetermined to become an artist. ![]()
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