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Mar 17, 2023 · Around and About Joan Miró is not only a fascinating artefact in its own right, but also serves as incontrovertible proof of Miró’s authorship of Sans titre (1947). The painting lay undisturbed in the Bouchards’ vault until almost half a century later, when its discovery and market debut at Sotheby’s New York in 2014 caused a sensation.
Feb 14, 2018 · Before the groundbreaking Surrealist painters Salvador Dalí or René Magritte, Joan Miró helped to give visual definition to the young movement, influencing generations of artists to come.
Persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with non-objectivity stamped Joan Miró's magnificent mark on the art world. His canvas represented a sandbox for his subconscious mind, out from which sprang a vigorous lust for the childlike and a manifestation of his Catalan pride.
Joan Miró i Ferrà (/ m ɪ ˈ r oʊ / mi-ROH, US also / m iː ˈ r oʊ / mee-ROH, Catalan: [ʒuˈan miˈɾoj fəˈra]; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona. Professionally, he was simply known as Joan Miró.
May 15, 2020 · The following are nine facts about one of Spain’s most treasured artists. Joan Miró | © Luca Allievi/Flickr. 1. He Was Already Producing Art At The Age Of Seven. When Joan Miró was only seven years old, his career as an artist was already taking off.
Sep 26, 2019 · 21 Facts About Joan Miró. By Zoë Vanderweide. 1. Although he was uncomfortable aligning himself with “isms,” Miró is regarded as one of the most important Surrealists. Shortly after moving to Paris in 1920, Miró befriended André Breton, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, André Masson and others associated with Dada and Surrealism.
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 ...
