Joan Miró

His Story:
Joan Miró was born in Barcelona in 1893. He studied art at Barcelona School of Fine Arts and The Academia Gali. His parents had a strong desire to see him become a distinguished business man, even though his passion and talent lived in the world of art. he actually took some business classes in 1907 and became and accountant for two years. He gave up the role of business man after a nervous breakdown of some sort. He then returned all his focus to art. (Although he did still wear dark business suits when presenting art.)

At first he played around in styles such as Fauvism and cubism, but he received negative feedback and very little interest form the public. He moved to Paris during the Spanish Civil War and began to develop a stronger sense of personal style in his works.

By 1930 he was famous internationally. He returned to Spain ten years later where he experimented with sculpting, making ceramics, and painting murals. Then in 1947 he went to the United States for the first time and has his art shown at the MoMA.

His Creations:
The art of Joan Miró is generally known for its playful and childlike impression. He uses vibrant strong colors mixed with simple shapes or forms in most of his works. He often related his visual art to poetry. He felt that colors in a painting were like words in a poem. His art represented the subconscious mind through semi-abstract formations. He took what he wanted from surrealism and blended it with his own personal ideas of abstract art and visual poetry.


"For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance..." - Joan Miró



My Opinion:
I personally love the works I've seen of his. I imagine they are more effective in person but even online they look great. He has a very distinct style but his pieces aren't so unified that they become boring. Every piece is unique and has its owns flow. One of my favorite things about his art is how he makes all the colors glide together and compliment each other no matter what the circumstances.

Another thing that draws me to his art is his use of fantasy and imagination. I love how many of his pieces are abstract but still resemble real images that come from memory.


"In a picture, it should be possible to discover new things every time you see it." -Joan Miró

"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings. When I see a tree, I receive an impact as if it were somebody breathing, somebody speaking. A tree, too, is something human." -Joan Miró