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 painting.
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
$6,850
H 25 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
"Untitled" Acrylics, Pencils, Oil Pastels on Paper in Neutral Hues of Taupe
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" 2019, 25" x 31" horizontal drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, the...
Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
$550
H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in
"Wraiths Petals" (abstract, dark, flora, floral landscape, black, pink, green)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, flora, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, ...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
How Soon Is Now
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series titled The Essence of Nature. The series is recognized by bold brushstrokes and markmaking, multiple layers and depth, plus the use of complementar...
Acrylic, Paint, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
$1,436
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
"At The Very Least" (original abstract, flora, flowers, fauna, green, pink, red)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
AT THE VERY LEAST 2026 Paris, France This vibrant and immersive floral painting, captures an expansive, almost overgrown garden expanse of blooming roses enveloped in dense, swirlin...
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$595
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.71 in
"Ghost of the Gardens" (original flora, floral, vibrant, abstract landscape)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"Ghosts of the Gardens" is a mysterious and captivating abstract painting, evoking the untamed beauty of wild gardens and chaotic floral motifs with its energetic and loose movement....
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
$1,750
H 25.6 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
"Habitual II" (flora, rich, cerebral, abstract, black & white, antique canvas)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"Habitual II", 2023, Paris, France This rich and cerebral abstract painting uses a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, pink, and white oil paints and wood stain to create visual texture and depth. The artist selected a French, antique postal...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil
$1,750
H 25.6 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
"Habitual I" (flora, rich, cerebral, abstract, black & white, antique canvas)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"Habitual I", 2023, Paris, France This rich and cerebral abstract painting uses a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, pink, and white oil paints and wood stain to create visual texture and depth. The artist selected a French, antique postal...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil
Untitled
By Michael Goldberg
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 52.75 x 47.75 in. 54 x 49 in. (framed) Gilded floater frame. Provenance Compass Rose, Chicago Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings. From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League. Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...
Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Handmade Paper
Blue levels / Oil pastel / 50 x 70 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Blue levels / Oil pastel / 50 x 70 cm. One of the author's first oil pastel paintings. Framed in Passe-Partout and a beautiful blue lacquered wooden frame. Catalog Number P0005. The ...
Oil Pastel
Equilibrio - Colored Shapes Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract painting titled "Equilibrio" by artist Oscar Arturo, 2008. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-si...
Oil Pastel
$4,900
H 23.23 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in
"Blue" / Abstract painting / Oil Pastel / 59 x 40 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
One of a series of paintings painted with shades, stronger or weaker light of one color, here blue. The intention of the author is to show different states ...
Oil Pastel
$5,800
H 23.23 in W 16.54 in D 0.4 in
Alone in the glow /Oil Pastel/ 59 x 42 cm / Tadeusz Zych
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Image "Alone in the glow" created with metallic Sennelier oil pastels. Depending on the time of day and the incidence of light on the painting, we have the impression that the painti...
Oil Pastel
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