Joan
Miró was a Spanish painter whose surrealist works, with
their subject matter drawn from the realm of memory and imaginative
fantasy, are some of the most original of the 20th century.
He moved to Paris in 1920, where, under the influence of surrealist
poets and writers, he evolved his mature style. Miró
drew on memory, fantasy, and the irrational to create works
of art that are visual analogues of surrealist poetry.
Miró also experimented in a wide array of other media,
devoting himself to etchings and lithographs for several years
in the 1950s and also working in watercolor, pastel, collage,
and paint on copper and masonite. |
Born:
1893
Died: 1983
Major Works: 'Dog Barking at the Moon',
'The Carnival of Harlequin'
Image Links: 5500+
works
Site Pick: Miro Foundation |
