Joan Miro
Basic Data
The Spanish-Catalan painter, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramist Joan Miro is today one of the central figures of the artistic avant-garde of the 20th century. He is considered one of the most influential representatives of classical Modernism and Surrealism.
- Born: 20 April 1893
- Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain
- Died on: 25 December 1983
- Nationality: Spanish
- Similar artists: Salvador Dali, Antoni Tapies
- Era: Modern art
- Stylistic direction: Surrealism, Cubism, Dada
Characteristic of Miro's work is his playful abstract imagery of intense color, linear drawings, and boldly outlined surreal signs and symbols intended to unleash people's subconscious creative potential.
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Exhibitions
- 14.10.2021 - 06.03.2022 La Déconniatrie Art, Exil Et Psychiatrie Autour De François Tosquelles – Les Abattoirs – FRAC Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse.
- 24.09.2021 - 30.01.2021 Sammlung Miessl – Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt.
- 18.09.2021 - 01.07.2024 Delinking and Relinking – Stedlijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
- 14.08.2021 - 30.09.2021 Extranjeros, en los Acervos del Museo – Museo de Arte del Tolimam Ibague.
- 06.10.2020 - 27.11.2020 Dreamsongs: From Medicine To Demons To Artificial Intelligence - Colnaghi London.
- 27.06.2020 - 22.08.2020 ACCROCHAGE - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
- 01.06.2020 - 03.01.2021 EXTRA LARGE. - Kunsthal Rotterdam.
- 28.03.2020 - 07.02.2021 Rojo - Colección Mssa - Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile.
- 28.03.2020 - 30.08.2020 extra large - Tapestries from Picasso and Le Corbusier to Louise Bourgeois – Kunsthal Rotterdam.
- 08.02.2020 - 17.05.2020 bauhaus.film.expanded - ZKM | Karlsruhe.
- 08.01.2020 - 01.11.2020 Colección - De la posguerra a la contemporaneidad, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca.
- 12.12.2019 - 01.03.2020 Christian Zervos & Cahiers d’Art: The Archaic Turn - Benaki Museum, Athens.
- 06.11.2019 - 11.01.2020 ACCROCHAGE - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
- 06.10.2019 - 06.02.2020 Masterworks - Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York City.
- 24.08.2019 - 24.11.2019 Joan Miró - Skulpturen 1970-82 - Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal.
- 12.12.2018 - 03.03.2019 Joan Miró and the Death of Painting - Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto.
- 15.07.2018 - 16.09.2018 Joan Miró – Poetische Welten - Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde.
- 23.02.2018 - 27.04.2018 Spanish Still Life - BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels.
- 15.10.2017 - 21.01.2018 Resident Alien. The Marin Karmitz Collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris.
- 03.09.2017 - 28.01.2018 MIRÓ – Welt der Monster - Max Ernst Museum Brühl.
- 15.10.2016 - 22.01.2017 From Rodin to Bourgeois: Sculpture in the 20th century - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag & GEM-Museum for Contemporary Art.
- 14.10.2016 - 15.01.2017 Listening with the Eyes: Sound Art in Spain (1961–2016) - Fundacion Juan March, Madrid.
- 07.10.2016 - 22.01.2017 Dalí, Ernst, Miró, Magritte ... - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
- 12.09.2014 - 11.01.2015 Miro. Von der Erde zum Himmel - Albertina, Vienna.
- 03.11.2013 - 02.03.2014 The Surrealists: Works from the Collection - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
- 30.10.2013 - 03.03.2014 Surrealism and the object - Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Awards
- 1980: Gold Medal of the Fine Arts of the Spanish State, Madrid.
- 1979: Honorary doctorate from the University of Barcelona.
- 1978: International Antonio-Feltrinelli-Prize, Rome.
- 1978: Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona.
- 1968: Honorary doctorate from Harvard University, Cambridge.
- 1961: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge.
- 1960: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NewYork.
- 1958: Guggenheim International Award, New York.
- 1957: Promotion to Satrap des Collège de ’Pataphysique in Paris
- 1954: Grand Prize for Graphics at the Venice Biennale.
- 1952: Appointment as a member of the Collège de ’Pataphysique in Paris
Films
- Miró: Theatre Of Dreams, Documentation by Robin Lough, 60min, Spain 1978.
- Miró parle, Documentation by Clovis Prévost & Carles Santos, 26min, Spain 1974.
- Miró Sculpteur, Documentation by Clovis Prévost, 38 min, France 1973.
- Lithographie d’une, Documentation by Clovis Prévost & Carles Santos, 18min, France 1971.
Literature
- Joan Miro - poestische Welten, exhibition catalog, Galerie Boisserée (Publ.), Cologne 2018.
- Joan Miró, las obras de su vida, Daniel R. Caruncho, Barcelona 2017.
- Miró - Welt der Monster: Werke der Fondation Maeght, exhibition catalog, Achim Sommer (Publ.), Cologne 2017.
- Joan Miró: 1893-1983, Janis Mink, Cologne 2016.
- Joan Miró - Mauer, Fries, Wandbild, exhibition catalog, Esther Braun-Kalberer (Publ.), Munich 2015.
- Miró: Malerei als Poesie, exhibition catalog, Bucerius-Kunst-Forum & Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Publ.), Munich 2015.
- Miró: von der Erde zum Himmel, exhibition catalog, Gisela Fischer & Jean-Louis Prat (Publ.), Munich, London, New York 2014.
Own Writings
- Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves. Entretiens avec Georges Raillard, Joan Miró, Paris 1977.
Collections
Argentina
- Buenos Aires - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA)
Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro -Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM)
Germany
- Baden-Baden - Museum Frieder Burda
- Berlin - Neue Nationalgalerie
- Essen - Museum Folkwang
- Hanover - Sprengel Museum
England
- London - Tate Collection
France
- Lyon - Musée des Beaux-Arts
- Paris - Centre Pompidou
- Villeneuve d´Ascq - Musée d´art moderne de Lille (LAM)
Japan
Austria
- Vienna - Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK)
Portugal
- Lisbon - Museu Berardo
Switzerland
- Basel -Kunstmuseum Basel
Spain
- Barcelona - Fundació Joan Miró
- Barcelona - Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona MACBA
- Madrid - Museo Reina Sofia
- Santander - Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporaneo de Santander
Czech Republic
- Prague - National Gallery
USA
- Cincinnati - Cincinnati Art Museum
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Los Angeles - The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
- New York - The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- New York - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- San Francisco - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
- Washington D.C. - The National Gallery of Art
Weblinks
- Joan Miro Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
- Fundació Joan Miró Detailled biography.