Joan MIRÓ was born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893. After study­ing at the Esco­la de la Llot­ja and the Acad­e­mia Gali in Barcelona, Miró worked as a free­lance artist from 1915. From 1920 he trav­eled reg­u­lar­ly to Paris and moved to the French cap­i­tal in 1921. There he met many fel­low artists, became involved with Dadaism, Fau­vism and Cubism, and joined the Sur­re­al­ist cir­cle of artists around André Bre­ton. In 1928 Miró pre­sent­ed his works at the Georges Bern­heim Gallery in Paris. This exhi­bi­tion made Miró known as a painter. In 1930 Miró was able to show his works for the first time in New York at the Valen­tine Gallery. From 1935 to 1938, sev­er­al inter­na­tion­al exhi­bi­tions of Sur­re­al­ist works fol­lowed. Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War Miró retreat­ed to Mal­lor­ca and lived tem­porar­i­ly in Mon­troig and Barcelona. In 1947 he par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Sur­re­al­ist exhi­bi­tion at the Maeght Gallery, which from then on would rep­re­sent him in Europe. That same year, the artist vis­it­ed the U.S. for sev­er­al solo exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing a ret­ro­spec­tive at the Muse­um of Mod­ern Art in New York. In 1954 Miró’s works are shown for the first time in Ger­many in an exhi­bi­tion and Miró receives the Grand Prize for Graph­ic Arts at the Venice Bien­nale. In 1956 the artist moved his main res­i­dence to Mal­lor­ca. He built a large stu­dio and found­ed the Fun­dació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1971. Miró’s paint­ings are char­ac­ter­ized by a sim­plis­tic for­mal lan­guage and a strong use of col­or. The artist devel­oped his own style from the 1930s. From 1940 to 1948 he cre­at­ed numer­ous sculp­tures, graph­ics, ceram­ics and murals. His cheer­ful and whim­si­cal works, cre­at­ed in the 1940s and 1950s, estab­lished Miró’s world­wide fame. The painter, graph­ic artist and sculp­tor is one of the most famous rep­re­sen­ta­tives of clas­si­cal mod­ernism. Joan Miró died on Decem­ber 25, 1983 in Pal­ma de Mal­lor­ca. 1960 — first par­tic­i­pa­tion in an exhi­bi­tion, 1983 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 

Joan MIRÓ was born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893. After study­ing at the Esco­la de la Llot­ja and the Acad­e­mia Gali in Barcelona, Miró worked as a free­lance artist from 1915. From 1920 he trav­eled reg­u­lar­ly to Paris and moved to the French cap­i­tal in 1921. There he met many fel­low artists, became involved with Dadaism, Fau­vism and Cubism, and joined the Sur­re­al­ist cir­cle of artists around André Bre­ton. In 1928 Miró pre­sent­ed his works at the Georges Bern­heim Gallery in Paris. This exhi­bi­tion made Miró known as a painter. In 1930 Miró was able to show his works for the first time in New York at the Valen­tine Gallery. From 1935 to 1938, sev­er­al inter­na­tion­al exhi­bi­tions of Sur­re­al­ist works fol­lowed. Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War Miró retreat­ed to Mal­lor­ca and lived tem­porar­i­ly in Mon­troig and Barcelona. In 1947 he par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Sur­re­al­ist exhi­bi­tion at the Maeght Gallery, which from then on would rep­re­sent him in Europe. That same year, the artist vis­it­ed the U.S. for sev­er­al solo exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing a ret­ro­spec­tive at the Muse­um of Mod­ern Art in New York. In 1954 Miró’s works are shown for the first time in Ger­many in an exhi­bi­tion and Miró receives the Grand Prize for Graph­ic Arts at the Venice Bien­nale. In 1956 the artist moved his main res­i­dence to Mal­lor­ca. He built a large stu­dio and found­ed the Fun­dació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1971. Miró’s paint­ings are char­ac­ter­ized by a sim­plis­tic for­mal lan­guage and a strong use of col­or. The artist devel­oped his own style from the 1930s. From 1940 to 1948 he cre­at­ed numer­ous sculp­tures, graph­ics, ceram­ics and murals. His cheer­ful and whim­si­cal works, cre­at­ed in the 1940s and 1950s, estab­lished Miró’s world­wide fame. The painter, graph­ic artist and sculp­tor is one of the most famous rep­re­sen­ta­tives of clas­si­cal mod­ernism. Joan Miró died on Decem­ber 25, 1983 in Pal­ma de Mal­lor­ca. 1960 — first par­tic­i­pa­tion in an exhi­bi­tion, 1983 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 


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