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.”
Find a collection of original Joan Miró art on 1stDibs.
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
$645
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Crazy Apartment - Abstract Figurative Cubist Portrait Still Life Painting
By Valerie Etitinwo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Between Equinox and Solstice
By Meghan Hedley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Meghan Hedley's work is a commentary on the full spectrum of aliveness and is influenced by her lifelong research into healing. Her process is a celebration and a contemplation, and ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pen, Permanent Marker
$2,678
H 85 in W 105 in D 5 in
Sleeping beauty, Original art, Semi Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Sleeping beauty is part of my “Imagined places” series of works. Inspired by an amalgamation of memories and feelings from walks around my studio near the River Thames in Surrey and ...
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Canvas
$3,000
H 19.69 in W 41.34 in D 0.12 in
Lab #7, #6 and #11 Painting. From the Lab series
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The work explores the interconnection between organic nature and circuits, reflecting the relationships between human beings. On the canvas, organic shapes are displayed that evoke ...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$17,000
H 74.81 in W 106.3 in D 0.12 in
Cintra and Frenetic Diptych. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
" The work resists framing in concepts, it overflows the contours and borders of the rational. It is through the presence of color, combined with an abstraction at times with express...
Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Myth & Magic
By Cynthia Young
Located in Santa Fe, NM
16 x 12" oil, pastel and cold wax on a cradled wooden panel.
Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel
$3,825
H 8.4 in W 11 in
DH in Hollywood (David Hockney) Howard Hodgkin colorful abstract painting framed
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
Howard Hodgkin based this print on a trip he took to visit his good friend and fellow Petersburg Press collaborator David Hockney in Los Angeles. The mid-eighties saw new levels of abstraction in Hodgkin’s work, building exuberantly off the ambiguous spaces of his earlier work. The artist used six colors of paint, producing a unique depth and texture to each print in this edition. Howard Hodgkin was introduced to the etching technique used in DH in Hollywood at Petersburg Press, where he was a long-time collaborator. Soft-ground etching allowed him to work fluidly and spontaneously, giving his prints the characteristic black brushstrokes seen in this print. Paper 8.4 x 11 in. / 21.3 × 27.9 cm Soft-ground etching (from one plate) with hand coloring in watercolor (orange-red, brown, and green) and oil pastel (red and...
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Etching
$375
H 14 in W 20 in
Still Life 10 - Original Abstract Still Life Oil Pastel on Colored Paper, Signed
By Valerie Etitinwo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Paper, Oil
$4,400
H 53 in W 37 in D 2 in
"Abstract Composition with Red and White Vines" 53x37 acrylic and oil stick
By Christophe
Located in Southampton, NY
We are pleased to represent and offer another impressive abstract expression painting by French abstract expressionist artist Christophe....
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$255
H 14 in W 10 in
Still Life 5 - Original Bold Abstract Color Drenched Oil Pastel Artwork on Paper
By Valerie Etitinwo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil
$2,746
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
The Wilder Shore of Love, Original painting, Abstract art, Mixed media
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
The Wilder Shore of Love is a paean to the south coast, the celebration of distance, natural power and shoreline. The colours reflect those one finds at the edges of city, where the...
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
$650
H 19 in W 22 in
Spring Fling, Pastel Painting on Archival Paper, Framed, 19x22 Inches
By Betty Efferson
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Spring Fling 🌸 Spring Fling, a soft 19x22 pastel painting that mimics the look of flowers in bloom with short strokes using spring time colors. This painting is currently in a go...
Archival Paper, 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