Artysta
Joan Miró
Biografia
One of the most important painters of the 20th century and pioneers of Surrealism. Joan Miró - the Catalan creator of a poetic, childishly simple language of signs, colourful patches and organic forms - was a signatory of the Surrealist Manifesto.
Joan Miró (1893, Barcelona - 1983, Palma de Mallorca) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist, counted among the most important artists of the 20th century. He trained in Barcelona, and from around 1920 he divided his time between Paris and the Catalan Mont-roig. In 1924 he drew close to the circle of the Surrealists and - although he never formally joined them - he was one of the signatories of the Surrealist Manifesto, developing his own, inimitable style inspired by automatism and the world of the subconscious.
His painting, based on simplified, organic forms resembling children's drawings and on saturated, pure colours, became one of the foundations of modern art. Miró also worked in sculpture, graphic art and ceramics (including the monumental „Wall of the Moon” and „Wall of the Sun” for UNESCO in Paris). Two museums are devoted to his work - the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona (1975) and the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Majorca (1981) - and his works are in the most important collections in the world.