Some of the members were open about supporting the Communist Party and the others preferred to depict their struggle through painting. Gradually, there were political tensions between the acolytes until 1930. It was in 1928 that Miró's relationship with the surrealist movement became complicated.
His painting "Birth of the World" in 1925 was also a big hit and materialized the bridge between Miró's original Catalan land and his Parisian blossoming. A collective exhibition with Marx Ernst, Paul Klee, and Man Ray at the Galerie Pierre in Paris, where he presented his highly impactful "Carnaval d'Arlequin" painting. His participation reached its peak in 1925 during the "Surrealist painting" exhibition. This led Miró to becoming more spontaneous and frequently thinking outside the box. He enjoyed their off-the-wall humor, playful, and provocative minds.
His several gouache partners were called André Breton, Paul Eluard, and Philippe Soupault. Once he freed himself from requirements and conventional methods, Miró flourished through simplicity.įascinated by the subconscious, he naturally rubbed shoulders with a group of surrealists in 1924. He became friends with artists like Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, Tristan Tzara and André Masson: a group of emerging artists who yielded to aesthetic conventions and were open towards a new language. It was only when he arrived in Paris in 1919, that he felt fulfilled, artistically speaking. Initially, Joan Miró displayed a style of painting that was related to fauvism, then cubism, and finally, expressionism. He joined the Galli Academy in Barcelona, directed by Francisco Galli, a trained architect, and discovered the great artistic trends in Europe. By 1912, he was adamant to become a painter. The poster will be shipped with the utmost care and attention. This print has never been framed and has been kept in archival storage. Miró initially enrolled into commerce school, with his father's encouragement, before giving up this career to take evening lessons at the Fine arts school of Llotja, in Barcelona. Joan Miro Title: The singing fish Medium: Offset lithograph Description: museum print - 1999 Size in inches: 19.7 x 15.7 Size in centimeters: 50 x 40 Condition: Excellent. His father was a jeweler and his mother was a cabinet maker. His homeland gave meaningful influence to his art, whether it was through painting, sculpture, engraving, or ceramics.Īlongside his parents, Miró became immersed in the creative world. A Catalan painter by excellence, Joan Miró was born in Barcelona in 1893 and died on the 25th of December, 90 years later in Palma de Majorque in 1983.
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