| Joan Miro | ||
| Birth Date: April 20, 1893 |
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| Death Date: December 25, 1983 Artist Gallery |
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| Joan Miró was born in Barcelona, Spain, on April 20, 1893. He studied at the Barcelona Academy of Fine Arts and held his first one-man show at the Gallery Dalmau in Barcelona in 1918.
As one of Spain’s most celebrated abstract and Surrealist artists, Miró used a variety of media to create works exploding with color, beautifully amorphous shapes and dreamlike scenes that seem both candidly childlike and extraordinarily sophisticated. Although the beauty and fantasy found within Miró’s work might seem far removed from the stuff of real life, Miró found much inspiration from his deep-seated love of Spain and paid homage to this heritage in several of his works.
With an intense use of color, fanciful shapes, and a wide array of media, Joan Miró created a body of provocative work overflowing with imagination, intense beauty and elegance. Following an early fascination with portraiture, Miró soon focused on works that tended more toward abstraction and Surrealism. After developing this signature style, Miró began to incorporate his love of poetry into his works, featuring words as prominent parts of his paintings. After becoming a master of the canvas, Miró turned his attention to other media, such as ceramics, sculpture and woodcutting.
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