Joan Miró was a Spanish painter and sculptor who was influential in the development of surrealism and abstract expressionism. Some key points about Miró: - He was born in Barcelona in 1893 and initially studied art and business, but focused on painting. - His early works were influenced by Cubism and Fauvism. In the 1920s he began producing surrealist works with abstract and distorted shapes. - Miró developed a unique, experimental style using different materials and media rather than adhering to one style. - He split his time between Paris and Spain, and gained international recognition later in his career, including a retrospective at MoMA in New York.

1. 4.3. Joan Miró 4.3.1. Joan Miró: biographic data and his influence on Fovismo

2. “ What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what San Juan de la Cruz, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.”

3. Self-Portrait. 1917. Oil on canvas. 61 x 50. Private collection.

4. The Farmer. c. 1912-14. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm. Private collection.

5. Still Life with Rose. 1916. Oil on cardboard. 77 x 74 cm. Private collection.

10. Portrait of E.C. Ricart. 1917. Oil and color print on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Private collection.

11. Portrait of Hiberto Casany. (The Chauffeur). 1918. Oil on canvas. 70 x 62 cm. Private collection.

12. Prades, the Village. 1917. Oil on canvas. 65 x 72.5 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.

13. Ciurana, the Path. 1917. Oil on canvas. 60 x 73 cm. Private collection.

14. North-South. 1917. oil on canvas. 62 x 70 cm. Private collection.

15. The Vegetable Garden with Donkey. 1918. Oil on canvas. 64 x 70 cm. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.

17. The Wagon Tracks. 1918. Oil on canvas. 75 x 75 cm. Private collection.

18. Self-Portrait. 1919. Oil on canvas. 75 x 60 cm. Musée Picasso, Paris, France .

19. The Table (Still Life with Rabbit). 1920. Oil on canvas. 130 x 110 cm. Private collection.

20. 4.3.2. Miró - from Paris to New York “ My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details ”

21. Standing Nude. 1921. Oil on canvas. 130 x 96 cm. Perls Galleries. New York, NY, USA.

22. Nude with Mirror. 1919. Oil on canvas. 112 x 102 cm. Private collection.

23. The Farm. 1921/22. Oil on canvas. 132 x 147 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.

24. The Ear of Corn. 1922/23. Oil on canvas. 37.8 x 46 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

25. The Farmer's Wife. 1922/23. Oil on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Private collection.

26. The Tilled Field. 1923/24. Oil on canvas. 66 x 92.7 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.

27. Catalan Landscape (The Hunter). 1923/24. Oil on canvas. 64.8 x 100.3 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY

28. Harlequin's Carnival. 1924-25. Oil on canvas. 66 x 93 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA.

29. Landscape. 1924/25. Oil on canvas. 47 x 45 cm. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.

30. Maternity. Oil on canvas. 92 x 73 cm. 1924. Private collection.

31. Stars in Snails' Sexes. Oil on canvas. 130 x 97 cm. 1925. Private collection.

32. Dancer. 1925. Oil on canvas. 115.5 x 88.5 cm. Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland.

33. Ideogram : (from Greek ἰδέα idea "idea" + γράφω grafo "to write") Graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept 木 ×2 = 林 lín 木 ×3 = 森 sēn 人 + 木 = 休 xiū two trees -> grove three trees -> forest a man leaning against a tree -> rest

34. Siesta. 1925. Oil on canvas. 113 x 144 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

35. Bathing Woman. 1925. Oil on canvas. 73 x 92 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

36. Photo: This is the Color of My Dreams. Oil on canvas. 96 x 130 cm. 1925. Private collection.

37. Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird. 1926. Oil on canvas. 73.7 x 92 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

38. Dog Barking at the Moon. 1926. Oil on canvas. 73 x 92 cm. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA

39. Joan Miró . Landscape (The Hare). 1927. Oil on canvas. 130 x 195 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.

40. Hans Arp

41. Man playing the lute - Hendrick Martensz Sorgh 1661

42. Dutch Interior I. 1928. Oil on canvas. 91.8 x 73 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

43. The dancing lesson of the cat - Hendrick Martensz Sorgh 1661

44. Dutch Interior II. 1928. oil on canvas. 92 x 73 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.

45. Portrait of Mrs Mills in 1750 (after Constable). 1929. Oil on canvas. 116.7 x 89.6 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY,

46. “ Painting or poetry is made as one makes love - a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back “

47. 4.3.3. Miró and his Majorcan Period: Between France and Spain. The murder of painting.

48. Painting. 1933. Oil on canvas. 130.4 x 162.5 cm. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain.

49. Composition. 1933. Oil on canvas. 130 x 162 cm. Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.

50. Painting. 1933. Oil on canvas. 130 x 162 cm. Narodni Gallery, Prague, Czechia.

51. Swallow/Love. 1934. Oil on canvas. 199.3 x 247.6 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

52. Rope and People I. 1935. oil and rope on cardboard, stuck to a wooden board. 104.7 x 74.6 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

53. Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement. 1936. Oil on copper. 23.2 x 32 cm. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain.

54. Still Life with Old Shoe. 1937. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

58. A Dew Drop Falling from a Bird's Wing Wakes Rosalie, who Has Been Asleep in the Shadow of a Spider's Web. 1939. Oil on canvas. 65.4 x 91.7 cm. The University of Iowa Museum of Art, The Mark Pamney Memorial Fund, Iowa, IA, USA.

59. The Escape Ladder. 1939. Oil on canvas. 73 x 54 cm. Private collection.

60. The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain. 1940. Gouache and terpentine paint on paper. 38 x 46 cm. Perls Galleries. New York, NY, USA.

61. Constellation: The Morning Star. 1940. Gouache and terpentine paint on paper. 38 x 46 cm. Private collection.

62. Constellation: The Morning Star. 1940. Gouache and terpentine paint on paper. 38 x 46 cm. Private collection.

63. Women and Birds at Sunrise. 1946. Oil on canvas. 54 x 65 cm. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain.

64. Ladders Cross the Blue Sky in a Wheel of Fire. 1953. oil on canvas. 116 x 89 cm. Private collection.

65. Blue II. 1961. Oil on canvas. 270 x 355 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

66. Blue III. 1961. Oil on canvas. 270 x 355 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

67. The Lark's Wing, Encircled with Golden Blue, Rejoins the Heart of the Poppy Sleeping on a Diamond-Studded Meadow. 1967. Oil on canvas. 195 x 130 cm. Private collection.

68. The Gold of the Azure. 1967. oil on canvas. 205 x 173.5 cm. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain

69. May 1968. 1973. Acrylic on canvas. 200 x 200 cm. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain.

73. You never finish a painting, you never strart a painting. A painting is like the wind, someting which is always walking without rest.

74. 1893 - Born 20 April - joan miró ferra - in Barcelona, into goldsmith/watchmaker family. 1907-1910 - Studies Art at La Escuela de la Lonja, Barcelona. 1912-1915 - Studies Art in private Academia Galí. His family wish him to be a businessman/accountant - which he does study for a time, but relinquishes in favour of Art. During this early period, his works are influenced by Cézanne, and he experiments with Cubism and Fauvism. Works include "Still Life with Rose", "Portrait of E C Ricart", "Portrait of V Nubiola", "Prades the Village", "Cuirana the Path". 1918 - Enters his "Detailistic Phase" or "Poetic Realism Phase", with methodically-painted works, eg "The Vegetable Garden with Donkey", "The Wagon Tracks". 1920 - First journey to Paris. 1921 - Settles in Paris. 1921-1922 - Produces "The Farm" - best of his "Poetic Realism Phase" - bought by Ernest Hemmingway. 1924 - Meets several members of Surrealist Group - including Picasso. His real life images are replaced by distorted, abstract shapes and he produces a number of surrealistic paintings, including "Harlequin's Carnival (1924-25). Joan Miró: Chronology

75. 1926 - Collaborates with Max Ernst on designs for the Russian Sergei Diaghilev. 1929 - Marries Pilar Juncosa in Palma de Mallorca. 1931 - Daughter - Dolores - is born. 1930s - By now, joan miro has developed his own, unique style - not adhering to any one in particular - experimenting with different materials and media. 1936-1940 - With the outbreak of Spanish Civil War, returns to Paris. One of his most important paintings of this period is "Still Life With Old Shoe". 1940 - Returns to Spain and starts a series of 23 gouaches Constellations. 1947 - Visits United States for the first time. Carries out a number of one-man shows, and realizes his dream about monumental art with murals. Has immense influence on post-war art in the States, achieves international recognition, with his works gaining in market value. 1956 - Thanks to success in the States, Joan Miró moves into his dream villa/studio in Palma de Mallorca. 1960-70s - Joan Miró becomes increasingly interested in sculpture. 1975 - Fundació Joan Miró opens in Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona. 1980 - Receives the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from King Juan Carlos of Spain. 1983 - Dies in Palma de Mallorca on 25 December, suffering from heart disease and respiratory problems. 1992 - Villa in Palma turned into Miró Museum and opened to the public.