Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist from Spain. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma, Mallorca in 1981. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism but with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Barcelona
- Awards
- 🏆 Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia🏆 Feltrinelli Prize🏆 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts🏆 honorary doctorate of Barcelona University
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"I have thought a lot about the question of titles. I must confess that I find any for works that take off from an arbitrary starting point and end with something real.. .. real things.. .. not evoke s…"
"In the current struggle I see the antiquated forces of fascism on one side, and on the other, those of the people, whose immense creative resources will give Spain a drive that will amaze the world."
"Your face had become dark, and, upon the day's awakening, your ashes will disperse themselves throughout the garden."
"How did I think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? Well I'd come home to my Paris studio in Rue Blomet at night, I'd go to bed, and sometimes I hadn't any supper. I saw things, and I jotted the…"
"Painting must be fertile. It must give birth to a world.. ..it must fertilize the imagination."
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Timeline
1893
Born
Birth1983
Died
Death
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