Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893 - 1983
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan-Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, and printmaker. A key figure in the development of modernism, Miró was one of the great originals of 20th-century art. He drew on cubism and anticipated surrealism, establishing a unique visual language.
Miró was born in Barcelona in 1893, and in 1920 moved to Paris. He cultivated relationships with artist Pablo Picasso, French surrealist painters, and American writer Ernest Hemingway. Among Miró’s most notable works is The Farm (1921–1922). This almost hallucinatory painting is an homage to the Catalan countryside and his family’s farm in the village of Montroig.
During his lifetime, the artist exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Tate Modern in London. In 1975, he opened the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona to showcase his work and promote research on modern and contemporary art.
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Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)
Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)
Joan Miró · model 1974, cast 1977 · bronze · Accession ID 1992.53.1
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La demoiselle á bascule (The Rocking Lady)
La demoiselle á bascule (The Rocking Lady)
Joan Miró, Adrien Maeght, Galerie Maeght, Paris · 1969 · color etching, aquatint, and carborundum on wove paper · Accession ID 2015.19.3392
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Flight of the Dragonfly in Front of the Sun
Flight of the Dragonfly in Front of the Sun
Joan Miró · 1968 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1983.1.23
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Prints from the Mourlot Press
Prints from the Mourlot Press
Maurice Estève, Paul Guiramand, Bernard Cathelin, Richard Florsheim, André Brasilier, Maurice Brianchon, Jean Cocteau, André Minaux, Paul Jenkins, Akira Kito, Alfred Manessier, Jean Adhémar, Various Artists, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, André Beaudin, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti · 1964 · bound volume with 19 lithographs · Accession ID 2011.60.85
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Fond Marin I
Fond Marin I
Joan Miró · 1963 · color aquatint on Rives paper · Accession ID 2002.157.31
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Work of the Wind I (Ouvrage du Vent I)
Work of the Wind I (Ouvrage du Vent I)
Joan Miró · 1962 · aquatint in black and green on wove paper · Accession ID 1996.88.3
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Untitled [plate LIII]
Untitled [plate LIII]
Joan Miró · 1958 · woodcut in green, black, and gray on China paper · Accession ID 1963.11.318
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Untitled [plate LXVII]
Untitled [plate LXVII]
Joan Miró · 1958 · 6-color woodcut on China paper · Accession ID 1963.11.332
Bibliography
1989
Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva, 1989.