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Joan Miró Art

Catalan, 1893-1983

With his wide-ranging oeuvre, comprising strikingly original paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, metal engravings and murals, Catalan modernist Joan Miró was a critical force in moving 20th-century art toward complete abstraction. Although often considered an early Surrealist because of his nonobjective imagery and evocation of the subconscious, he defies neat categorization.

Miró’s identity is largely rooted in the city of his birth: Barcelona. To this day, a number of his public artworks can be found there, including the 72-foot-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird), 1983. Female and avian forms, along with bright colors and the theme of Catalan pride, are recurring elements in his work.

The radical visual world Miró created with his expressive lines, signature symbols and biomorphic shapes influenced such American Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock and Color Field painters like Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.

Mirò continued to work and experiment until his death at the age of 90 in 1983. Five years before that, he was quoted saying, “I painted these paintings in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions.”

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Artist: Joan Miró
Picasso I Els Reventos
By Joan Miró
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Etching, 1973 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : XIV Publisher : Gustavo Gili (Barcelone) Printer : Editorial Gustavo Gili (Barcelone) Catalog : Dupin 590 56.00 cm. x 75.0...
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Questions About Joan Miró Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Joan Miró is known as one of the pioneers of Surrealism, but at times his work steered towards Fauvism and Expressionism as well. The visual world Miró created with his expressive lines, signature symbols and biomorphic shapes was truly radical and it influenced artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Shop a wide range of Joan Miró art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    You can find Joan Miró paintings at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain; the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; and the Tate Gallery in London, UK. In addition, the artist's work is available to purchase through some dealers and on various reputable online platforms. Shop a range of Joan Miró art on 1stDibs.

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