1. J OAN M IRÓ

2. M IRÓ WAS BORN A PRIL 20, 1893 IN B ARCELONA, S PAIN

3. H E WAS A CATALÁN SCULPTOR, DESIGNER, AND PAINTER.

4. I N 1911 HE GOT SICK AND STAYED AT HIS PARENTS ’ FARM. T HE FARM WAS HIS BIGGEST INSPIRATION. H E DECIDED TO BE AN ARTIST. The Farm 1920-1921 Vegetable Garden with Donkey 1918 The Spanish word for farm is “granja.”

5. I N 1912 HE BEGAN ATTENDING THE F RANCISCO G ALY ART SCHOOL IN B ARCELONA. T HIS PAINTING IS “E L G RANJERO ” ( THE FARMER ) FROM 1914.

6. E N 1915 HE STOPPED HIS STUDIES AT F RANCISCO G ALY ART SCHOOL AND SPENT 6 MONTHS IN THE ARMY.

7. O N FEBRURARY 6, 1917, HE HAD HIS FIRST ART EXHIBITION WITH 64 WORKS OF ART. N O ONE BOUGHT ANYTHING. Self-Portrait 1917 Portrait of E.C. Ricart 1917

8. I N 1918 M IRÓ CHANGED HIS ART STYLE TO “ DETAILED ELABORATION.” Ciruana the Path 1917Waggon Tracks 1918

9. H IS FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION WAS IN 1921. I T WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, BUT AUTHOR E RNEST H EMINGWAY BOUGHT “T HE F ARM.”

10. I N 1923-1924 HE BEGAN HIS SURREALIST STYLE. A FTER GOING TO BED HUNGRY ONE NIGHT, HE HAD STRANGE DREAMS. T HESE “ HUNGER HALLUCINATIONS ” WERE PART OF HIS INSPIRATION AT THIS TIME. The Tilled Field 1923-24 Catalan Landscape (Hunter) 1923

11. I N 1925 A NDRE B RETON ( ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SURREALISM ) SAID “M IRÓ — THE MOST SURREALIST OF US ALL.” Ladders Across a Blue Sky in a Wheel of Fire 1953

12. 1926-1927 M IRÓ CREATED HIS OWN STYLE. I T WAS MORE ABSTRACT AND ARTIFICIAL. Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird 1926 Clouds and Birds 1927

13. A 1928 TRIP TO HOLLAND WAS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. Dutch Interior 1928Potato 1928

14. H E WAS A SCULPTOR TOO … La Defense

15. M ORE SCULPTURES … Gothic Personage-Bird Flash 1974 Located in Barcelona, Spain

16. A ND MORE …

17. A ND MORE ! MoonbirdOiseaux 1968

19. J OAN M IRÓ DIED IN P ALMA, M ALLORCA DECEMBER 25, 1983. T ODAY HIS PAINTINGS SELL FOR $250,000 TO $17 MILLON.