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About Joan Miró, Artist
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Born: 20 April 1893
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Birthplace: Barcelona, Catalonia (now Spain)
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Died: 25 December 1983
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Best Known As: Colorful Catalan abstract painter and
sculptor
The collages, sculptures, tapestries and abstract paintings created
by Joan Miró were bright, fantastical and reminiscent of cave
paintings. Miró is closely associated with both Barcelona and Paris:
he was raised in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 1920, where he became
acquainted with other young artists and writers, including Pablo
Picasso, Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway (who bought Miró's painting The
Farm in 1923). Miró's first solo exhibit in Paris was in 1925,
and by 1930 he was being exhibited in the United States. From then on
he worked on paintings, collages, tapestries and ceramic and bronze
sculptures. His bold reds, blues and yellows and simple shapes make
his work instantly recognizable, and his monumental, abstract
sculptures are landmarks in Paris, Chicago, New York and Barcelona.
His name is pronounced hwan mr-OH... He married the artist
Pilar Juncosa in 1929. They had one daughter, Dolores (b. 1931), and
remained married until Miro's death in 1983.
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