Joan Miró

Brief Bio Born: Joan Miró i Ferrà was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain His father was a watchmaker and his mother was a goldsmith Wife: Pilar Juncosa Children: daughter, Dolors Death: heart failure; December 25, 1983 in Palma, Mallorca

Life Events He began drawing at age 7 and enrolled in art school at age 8 Nearly died of Typhoid fever in 1911 Miró had his first solo exhibition in 1918 where his work was defaced and ridiculed In 1920 he moved to Paris to continue his studies of Cubism and Surrealism He created lithographs (printing from a flat surface treated so as to repel ink except where it is required for printing), murals, tapestries, and sculptures by combining abstract art with Surrealism

Life Events cont. He moved from drawing and painting to creating collages and sculptures made of plastic In 1974 he created the “World Trade Center Tapestry” with fellow Catalan artist Josep Royo – it was his most expensive work and it was lost during the Sept. 11th attacks In 1979 Miró received and honorary doctorate degree from the University of Barcelona There is a museum dedicated entirely to his work in Barcelona Today his artwork sells for anywhere between $250,000 to $17 million

Still Life with Old Shoe (1937) Portrait of Vincent Nubiola (1917) Surrealism The Farm (1921-1922) Still Life with Old Shoe (1937) The Tilled Field (1923-1924) Portrait of Vincent Nubiola (1917)

Lithography The Morning Star (1939) Barcelona Series (1939-1944) The Navigator’s Hope (1968-1973)

Sculpture at the Brunswick building in Chicago Dona i Ocell The Caress of a Bird (1967)

World Trade Center Tapestry (1974)

Personnage Oiseaux (1978) This mural Miró began at age 79 and completed at age 85. It is made of 1 million pieces of marble and Venetian glass.

Joan Miró