Joan Miro

Joan Miro Ferra was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. The Fundacio Joan Miro, a museum in Barcelona was built dedicated to his work and another named the Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro was built with the same purpose in the city Palma de Mallorca .

Miro was born in a family of a goldsmith and watchmaker. He started to draw since he was seven at a private school at Carrer del Regomir, a medieval mansion. He then continued to pursuit art at a fine art academy at La Llotja and had his first solo art show in 1918 at the Galeries Dalmau.During the year 1918 he began to focus more on line, form and structure and his composition became more direct, clear and often has little fine details. .He was inspired by Fauve and Cubist exhibitions in Barcelona. Moreover Miro was also attracted to the Montparnasse arts community, he moved to Paris in 1920 for that reason, but later on he continued to spend his time in Catalonia. His early art style can be described as vivid and brushy.

Joan Miró
Portrait of Enric Cristòfol Ricart
Winter or early spring 1917 I like what he did in the painting, the two object and the man looked seem to be painted with the different style but come together very nicely thanks to the green colour. I also like the heavy outline in the portrait, and the warm lighting on the shirt contrasts the dark colour on the man face.

From the year 1920, Miro developed a very precise style, picking out different elements in isolation and arrange them in purposeful composition. This style can be seen in some of his works including House with Palm Tree, Nude with a Mirror and Horse. His work during this time are strongly influenced by Cubism in a restrained way.

Joan Miró 1918 La casa de la palmera House with Palm Tree oil on canvas

Miro developed a distinctly symbolic language of simplified, biomorphic, or lifelike, forms. He was one of the artists contributed to give a visual definition to the young movement which influences the younger artist generation. He created over 250 illustrated book which is known as Livres d’ Artiste. He was among some of the first artists to develop automatic drawing which aiming to undo the earlier technique in painting and form new techniques. He and Andre Masson was the two major artist started the Surrealism art movement, but he chose not to become an official member of the Surrealist to avoid being forced to work with only one style. He wants to experiment with another style such as expressionism, lyrical abstraction and colour field painting as he, please.

Some of Miro works:

**Jean Miro Dutch Interior II**
I strangely into the composition in this painting and I also like the flat painting style .

**Caress of a Bird (La Caresse d’un oiseau), 1967**
Overall I find this painting is really funny looking. It can be a kid toy and I would buy it.

**Women and Bird in the Moonlight (Femmes, oiseau au clair de lune), 1949**. To be honest this look like something 5 year old me would draw with a bunch of smiley faces and cliche star symbol.

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-joan-miro-pioneer-surrealism