« For me, a painting must emit sparks. You have to dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. »

NOM

Joan Miró

DATES

Born on 20 April 1893 in Barcelona—died 25 December 1983 in Palma de Mallorca

NATIONALITÉ

Spanish (Catalan)

DISCIPLINE

painting, sculpture, ceramics, engraving, tapestry (surrealism, signs, constellations)

BIOGRAPHIE

Barcelona, Mont-roig, Paris Joan Miró i Ferrà was born in Barcelona, the son of a goldsmith and watchmaker. The farm of Mont-roig became a landscape workshop. In 1920, Paris, Picasso, the poets.

Dreaming without « ism » In 1924, he joined the surrealist group. Dream-paintings and poem-paintings. Spanish Civil War, exile, return in 1941. The Constellations hold birds, stars, and women in signs.

The sign becomes a monument Ceramics with Artigas, sculptures, tapestries. The Fundació Joan Miró opened in Barcelona in 1975. He died in Palma on 25 December 1983.

Oeuvres les plus connues

La Ferme (1921-1922) Terre labourée (1923-1924) Le Carnaval d’Arlequin (1924-1925) Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves (1925) La Naissance du monde (1925) Chien aboyant à la lune (1926) Série des Constellations (1940-1941) Bleu I, II, III (1961) Oiseau lunaire (1966)