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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Miro Original Wax Painting, Abstract, Framed, Circa 1960
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original drawing painted in wax by Joan Miro. Certified by Jacques Dupin, official certifier of the artist's work. The work is a wax painted on two continuous pages of a book publish...
Crayon
Joan Miró Litografia Original VII – 1972 Color Lithograph, Spanish Edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Litografia Original VII by Joan Miró, a 1972 color lithograph from Litografo (Volume I, Spanish edition), catalogued as Mourlot 863. Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, with...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
UBUs Childhood x3 Lithograph, Framed, 20th Century
By Joan Miró
Located in Naples, Florida
UBUs CHILDHOOD x3
Lithograph
$2,213
H 18 in W 15.5 in D 1 in
Liberty Head Mixed Media on Paper, Unique, Signed, Pop Art, 2009
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. Hand-signed in acrylic paint on front by Peter Max. A unique variation. Frame size 18 x 15.5 inches. Artwork siz...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lithograph
$4,706
H 23.82 in W 19.69 in
Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas. cm 60.5 x 2 x 50 Nice Oil painting (Italian School of XIX century) with a rapid sign and intense colors backgrpound. Some color cracking on left margin and top edge, ...
Oil
$704Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 83 in
Blue Tones Triptych, Serene Gorgeous Clouds, Handmade Cyanotype Watercolor Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of w...
Lithograph, Handmade Paper, Emulsion, Monotype
Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas Portrait of a sad clown by San Francisco artist John Peers (American, 1922-2009). This portrait is closely fra...
Canvas, Oil
$220Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 14 in
Boy and Puppy Lithograph, Surrealist Style, Mid-20th Century, Unframed
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
Lithograph
L'Atelier Mourlot by Fernand Leger
By (after) Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
This colorful lithographic poster was printed in 1982 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris was printed for an exhibition of Atelier Mourlot prints in Tokyo at Seibu Department Stores, 198...
Lithograph
$45,000
H 50 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
Four Alphonse Mucha Lithographs The Times Of The Day
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Dallas, TX
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Four lithographs on wove paper For serious collectors and museum collections. A full set of Mucha’s iconic period lithographs representing The Times Of Th...
Lithograph
Untitled
By Maria Carbonero
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Lithograph
$695
H 9 in W 12 in D 2 in
French Impressionist Monogrammed High Society Beach Scene Group Party Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French beach scene painting. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 9 by 12 inches overall, and 7.5 by 11 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enj...
Watercolor
$850
H 14.75 in W 22 in
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition IV
By Georges Dussau
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 7.5X11.25, titled Composition III on French Arches Mould made paper. Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France) Il vit et travaille à ...
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
$850
H 14.75 in W 22 in
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition III
By Georges Dussau
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 7.5X11.25, titled Composition III on French Arches Mould made paper. Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France) Il vit et travaille à ...
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
$30,000
H 13.25 in W 12.25 in
Fighting Women, American Weekly Cover Art, Queen Thomysis Beheading
By Edmund Dulac
Located in Miami, FL
Heads Up, Edmund Dulac depicts a strong and confident woman in art in the 1930s. The work shows Queen Thomysis witnessing a beheading. This complex figurative work was an original de...
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Sold
H 13.43 in W 21.26 in
Joan Miró, Litografia Originale X – 1972 Color Lithograph, Italian Edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Litografia Originale X by Joan Miró (KC01161), a 1972 color lithograph from Litografia (Volume I, Italian edition), catalogued as Cramer 160. Published by Graphis Arte, Livorno, and ...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition. Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, Experimental, Avant-garde. This is the Spanish edition. The work embraces dream im...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition. Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, Experimental, Avant-garde. This is the Spanish edition. The work embraces dream im...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Litografia Original X" - Joan Miró - Spanish edition. Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, Experimental, Avant-garde. This is the Spanish edition. The work embraces dream im...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
CANTIC DEL SOL
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
“CANTIC DEL SOL" 1975 Grabado Original Firmado lápiz la carpeta Edición limitada a 127/273 ejemplares 50x35 cm. Editor: La Cometa, Barcelona Ref. Catalogo MIRO GRABADOR VOL. III.
Engraving
CERAMICS
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ceramic of the Spanish artist Joan Miro Edition of 500 copies. Earthware glazed black color, published Miró-Artigas, fig 378
Ceramic