Joan Miró (1893 Barcelona, Spain – 1983 Palma de Mallorca, Spain).
Early in his career, Miró primarily painted still-lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes. Influences ranging from the folk art and Romanesque church frescoes of his native Catalan region in Spain to 17th-century Dutch realism were eventually superseded by more contemporary ones: Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism captivated the young artist, who had relocated to Paris in 1921. His exposure to the ideas of André Breton and Breton's Surrealist circle prompted Miró to make radical changes to his style, although the artist cannot be said to have identified consistently with a single school. Rather, his artistic career may be characterised as one of persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with non-objectivity. Miró's signature biomorphic forms, geometric shapes, and semi-abstracted objects are expressed in multiple media, from ceramics and engravings to large bronze installations.
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| Joan Miró in 1935 |
Note: All Miro works © 2018 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
1940-41 Constellation Series:
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| 1940 Constellation; Morning Star gouache on Paper 38 x 46 cm Fundació Joan Miró |
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| 1940 Constellation; Women on the Beach gouache and oil wash on paper 38.1 x 45.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1940 Constellations, Nocturne |
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| 1940 Constellations; The Poetess plate XIII pochoir 35.6 x 43.2 cm |
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| 1940 The Escape Ladder gouache, watercolour and ink on paper 40 x 47.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1940-41 ( date original goauche painted ) colour lithograph on Arches wove paper 43.5 x 35.7 cm |
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| 1940-41 ( date original gouache painted ) colour lithograph on Arches wove paper 43.5 x 37.5 cm |
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| 1940-41 ( date original gouache painted ) colour lithograph on Arches wove paper 43.5 x 37.5 cm |
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| 1941 Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman gouache and watercolour with traces of graphite on ivory wove paper 46 x 38 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1941 Constellation; Awakening in the Early Morning gouache and oil wash on paper 46 x 38 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas |
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| 1941 Constellation; Toward the Rainbow gouache and oil wash on paper 45.7 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1941 The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers gouache oil wash and charcoal on paper 45.7 x 38.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1941 The Pink Dusk Caresses the Sex of Women and Birds gouache and oil wash on paper 45.9 x 38.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1949 Constellation; Woman and Birds Plate VIII pochoir 35.6 x 43.2 cm |
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| 1941 Women at the Edge of the Lake Made Iridescent by the Passage of a Swan gouache and oil wash on paper 46 x 38 cm Private Collection |
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| 1942 Figures in Front of the Sun charcoal pencil, gouache, India ink and pastel on paper 103 x 60 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1942 People, Birds, and Stars black crayon, and charcoal with stumping, with touches of gouache, on ivory wove paper 64 x 49.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1942 Vase painted earthenware manufactured by Josep Llorens Artigas, Spain 34.9 x 27.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1942 Woman and Birds in Front of the Sun pen and brush and black ink, watercolour and gouache, with wiping and scraping, and touches of pastel, on cream wove paper, laid down 110.3 x 79.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1942 Woman, Bird, Stars pastel and pencil on paper 108 x 72 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1943 Painting oil and pastel on canvas 40 x 30 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1943 Women, Birds in Front of the Sun India ink, grease pencil, gouache and wax crayon on Caballo paper 50 x 73 cm |
1944 Barcelona Series lithographs:
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| 1944 Women in the Night oil on canvas 21.5 x 16.5 cm |
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| 1944-46 Solar Bird plaster 13.7 x 11.4 x 21.6 cm |
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| 1944-46 Solar Bird plaster 13.7 x 11.4 x 21.6 cm |
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| 1946-49 Solar Bird bronze 13.4 x 11 x 19.3 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1966 Solar Bird bronze 121.9 x 180.3 x 101.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1945 Spanish Dancer oil on canvas 146.5 x 114.5 cm Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland |
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| 1946 Figures and Birds in Front of the Sun oil on canvas 92.7 x 73.8 cm |
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| 1946 Moonbird ( aka Lunar Bird ) bronze 18.4 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1946 Woman and Birds at Sunrise oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1946 Woman bone, grindstone, iron and oil on potters clay 51.7 x 23.3 x 19.7 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1947 Composition etching on paper 12.7 x 14.9 cm Tate, London |
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| 1947 Configuration colour etching on white wove paper 12.5 x 15 cm ( plate ) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1947 Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme Poster colour lithograph |
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| 1947 Frontispiece to"Surréalisme en 1947" by Marcel Duchamp and André Breton colour lithograph ( Miró's first colour lithograph ) 23.2 x 20 cm |
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| 1947 The Red of Swallows and Iridescent Pink oil and gouache on cardboard 75 x 106 cm Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| 1947 Woman and Bird in Front of the Moon from the Laurels Album etching 11.3 x 14.8 cm ( plate ) |
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| 1947 Woman and Birds colour pochoir 28 x 22 cm |
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| 1947 Woman and Birds in the Night colour pochoir 27.8 x 21 cm |
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| 1947-48 etching with pochoir, in black, blue, red, and yellow, on ivory wove paper 14.2 x 11.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |