Miró, Joan

Spanish painter, sculptor and printmaker, regarded as one of the greatest Surrealist artists.

Trained at an art school run by the artist Franciso Gali, Miró held his first solo exhibition at a Gallery of José Dalmau, the Barcelona dealer. Despite his close association with the Surrealist movement, Miró was also influenced by other styles like Dadaism, Cubism and Pritivism. Some of his most famous works are: Harlequins Carnival´(Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo), two large-scale ceramic projects, Wall of the Sun and Wall of the Moon (UNESCO Building, Paris) and a large mural (originally, at Harvard University and now at MOMA, New York).

His artworks can now be found in the collections of most major museums and at the Foundation Joan Miró, in Barcelona.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

1983   "Joan Miró: A Ninetieth-Birthday Tribute" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1983   "Joan Miró: anys 20. Mutació de la realitat" at the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 1978   Retrospective exhibition at the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, organised in conjunction with the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 1976   Official opening of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, with an exhibition of drawings from the collection donated by the artist. 1969   "Miró otro" exhibition at the College of Architects, Barcelona 1967   Installation of a ceramic mural, produced in collaboration with Josep Llorens Artigas, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. 1966   Retrospective exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Tokyo and in Kyoto 1964 - 1965   Retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London and at Kunsthaus de Zürich 1962   Retrospective exhibition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. 1957   Retrospective of the graphic works at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum of Krefeld. Exhibition presented in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Hanovre and Hamburg 1956   Retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Bruxelles at Stedelijk Museum d'Amsterdam at Kunsthalle de Bâle 1948   First solo exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, Paris 1941   First large retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1932   First one-man show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. 1930   First one-man show in the United States, at the Valentine Gallery, New York 1925   First solo exhibition at the Galerie Pierre, Paris. 1921   First solo exhibition in Paris at the Galerie La Licorne, organised by Josep Dalmau.

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