JOAN MIRÓ FERRA

By: Cassidy Reno2nd hour

Humanities

FROM THE BEGINNING Born April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain

Died Dec. 25, 1893 (at age 90) in Palma, Majorca, Spain

Father, Miguel, was a gold smith and watch maker

Grandfathers were cabinet makers and blacksmiths.

Joan showed a strong passion for art at an early age, he did not excel otherwise in academics.

EDUCATION Miró pursued art-making and studied

landscape and decorative art at the School of Industrial and Fine Arts (the Llotja) in Barcelona.

At his parents requests, Miró began to attend the School of Commerce from 1907-1910.

His short business schooling years instilled hard working ethics but pushed him away from the business world.“nervous breakdown” caused him to drop out of

the school and focus on his art.

EARLY TRAINING In 1912 Miró enrolled in an art academy in

Barcelona Taught Miró about modern art movements in

Western Europe

Miró was also encouraged to go out into the countryside in the midst of the landscapes he wished to paint and to study the artistic practices of his contemporaries.

Between 1912 and 1920, Miró painted still-life's, nudes, and landscapes. Style during this period in his early career has

been referred to as "poetic realism."

CHAPEL OF SANT JOAN D'HORTA, 1917

•Oil on cardboard•Shows a subtle tendency towards Fauvism.

• Movement in French painting that revolutionized the concept of color in modern art.

MATURE PERIOD In 1919, Miró moved to Paris to continue his

artistic development.His life was difficult due to financial hardships.Met Pablo Picasso

Divided his time between Paris and Montroig, Spain

He associated with the poets Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy, and Tristan Tzara.

Participated in dada activities Miró received early encouragement from the

dealer José Dalmau.Organized Miró’s first solo show in Paris, at the

Galerie la Licorne in 1921.

MATURE PERIOD CONT. In 1924 Miró joined the Surrealist group. His solo show at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, in

1925 was a major Surrealist event.Painted fantastic and bizarre interpretations of

his dreams.

The White Glove

•1925; oil on canvas

•Selection of the elements and their balanced arrangement on an undefined background place them on a more general level, representing ideas rather than concrete objects.

FAMILY Miró married  Pilar Juncosa Iglesias in 1929.

She gave birth to their only daughter, María Dolors, in 1931.

WAR In 1934, Miró's art began to be exhibited in

both France and the United States. He was still residing in Paris when war broke

out in Europe. 1941 Miró was forced to flee to Mallorca with his

family Warfare and political tension were

prominent themes in his art during this period His canvases became increasingly grotesque

and brutal.

MORNING STAR-1940•Gouache, oil and pastel on paper.

• A method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance.

•Miró felt a need to escape from the surrounding reality.

AFTER THE WAR In the 1950s, Miró began dividing his time between Spain

and France.

By the mid-1950s, Miró had begun working on a much larger scale, both on canvas and in ceramics.

In 1959, Miró along with Salvador Dalí, Enrique Tabara, and Eugenio Granell participated in Homage to Surrealism Exhibition in Spain organized by Andre Breton

During the 1960s he continued to break away from his own patterns, in some instances revisiting and reinterpreting some of his older works.

His later work is recognized as more mature, distilled, and refined in terms of form.

JOAN MIRÓ- “SELF PORTRAIT”

•1937-1960

•Painted in oil/pencil

•Demonstrates that Miro thought of himself as an ever changing and evolving person that had a very humble opinion of himself.

LATE PERIOD AND DEATH As Miró aged, he continued to receive many

awards and public commissions.

In 1974, he was commissioned to create a tapestry for New York's World Trade Center.

He received an honorary degree from the University of Barcelona in 1979.

Miró died at his home in 1983, a year after completing Woman and Bird.Heart disease

World Trade Center Tapestry

Woman and Bird

Barcelona, Spain

SOURCES http://www.theartstory.org/artist-miro-

joan.htm http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/

colecciojm_pintures.php?idioma=2 http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/

collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Joan%20Mir%C3%B3

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=32393100&PIpi=14623522