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| - | '''Joan Miró i Ferrà''' ([[April 20]], [[1893]] – [[December 25]], [[1983]]) was a [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], and [[Ceramics (art)|ceramist]] born in [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. His work has been interpreted as [[Surrealism]], a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods and his desire to "kill","murder", or "rape" them in favor of more contemporary means of expression.<ref>M. Rowell, ''Joan Mirό: Selected Writings and Interviews'' (London: Thames & Hudson, 1987) pp. 114-116.</ref> | + | '''Joan Miró i Ferrà''' ([[April 20]], [[1893]] – [[December 25]], [[1983]]) was a [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], and [[Ceramics (art)|ceramist]] born in [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. His work has been interpreted as [[Surrealism]], a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods and his desire to "kill","murder", or "rape" them in favor of more contemporary means of expression. |
| Young Miró was drawn towards the arts community that was gathering in [[Montparnasse]] and in 1920 moved to [[Paris]]. There, under the influence of the poets and writers, he developed his unique style: [[organic (model)|organic]] forms and flattened picture planes drawn with a sharp line. Generally thought of as a Surrealist because of his interest in [[Surrealist automatism|automatism]] and the use of sexual symbols (for example, ovoids with wavy lines emanating from them), Miró’s style was influenced in varying degrees by Surrealism and [[Dada]], yet he rejected membership to any artistic movement in the interwar European years. [[André Breton]], the founder of Surrealism, described him as "the most Surrealist of us all." Miró confessed to creating one of his most famous works, ''Harlequin's Carnival'', under similar circumstances: | Young Miró was drawn towards the arts community that was gathering in [[Montparnasse]] and in 1920 moved to [[Paris]]. There, under the influence of the poets and writers, he developed his unique style: [[organic (model)|organic]] forms and flattened picture planes drawn with a sharp line. Generally thought of as a Surrealist because of his interest in [[Surrealist automatism|automatism]] and the use of sexual symbols (for example, ovoids with wavy lines emanating from them), Miró’s style was influenced in varying degrees by Surrealism and [[Dada]], yet he rejected membership to any artistic movement in the interwar European years. [[André Breton]], the founder of Surrealism, described him as "the most Surrealist of us all." Miró confessed to creating one of his most famous works, ''Harlequin's Carnival'', under similar circumstances: | ||
| :"How did I think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? Well I'd come home to my Paris studio in Rue Blomet at night, I'd go to bed, and sometimes I hadn't any supper. I saw things, and I jotted them down in a notebook. I saw shapes on the ceiling..."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | :"How did I think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? Well I'd come home to my Paris studio in Rue Blomet at night, I'd go to bed, and sometimes I hadn't any supper. I saw things, and I jotted them down in a notebook. I saw shapes on the ceiling..."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | ||
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Joan Miró i Ferrà (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Catalonia, Spain. His work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods and his desire to "kill","murder", or "rape" them in favor of more contemporary means of expression.
Young Miró was drawn towards the arts community that was gathering in Montparnasse and in 1920 moved to Paris. There, under the influence of the poets and writers, he developed his unique style: organic forms and flattened picture planes drawn with a sharp line. Generally thought of as a Surrealist because of his interest in automatism and the use of sexual symbols (for example, ovoids with wavy lines emanating from them), Miró’s style was influenced in varying degrees by Surrealism and Dada, yet he rejected membership to any artistic movement in the interwar European years. André Breton, the founder of Surrealism, described him as "the most Surrealist of us all." Miró confessed to creating one of his most famous works, Harlequin's Carnival, under similar circumstances:
- "How did I think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? Well I'd come home to my Paris studio in Rue Blomet at night, I'd go to bed, and sometimes I hadn't any supper. I saw things, and I jotted them down in a notebook. I saw shapes on the ceiling..."[1] [May 2007]
