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Joan Miró: 1893–1983
Other names (6)
Jean Miró, Joan Miro, Joan Miró Ferrà, Joan Miro i Ferra, Miluo, Miro
Biography
Joan Miró i Ferrà ( mirr-OH, US also mee-ROH, Catalan: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo j fəˈra]; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist from Spain.
His work has been interpreted as Surrealist with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism. He was notable for his interest in the unconscious or the subconscious mind, reflected in his re-creation of the childlike. His sometimes difficult-to-classify works are also said to contain manifestations of Catalan pride.
In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods which he saw as supporting bourgeois society, and which he declared an "assassination of painting" in favor of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.
In 1975 a museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona with another one being opened in 1981 in his adoptive city of Palma, Mallorca.
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Influenced by
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- Josep Pascó i Mensaeditorial inference
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- Modest Urgelleditorial inference
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- Marc Chagalleditorial inference
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Later influence
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- Jules Engeleditorial inference
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The biography identifies Joan Miró as an artistic influence on Jules Engel. The influence is specifically on Engel's colour use in animation at UPA. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Joan Miró. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Art Institute of Chicago49 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art28 recorded works
- Museum of Modern Art19 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art19 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art15 recorded works
- Tate5 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée Rolin — Autun2 recorded works
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum2 recorded works
- A. G. Leventis Gallery1 recorded work
- Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Athens1 recorded work
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum1 recorded work
- Museum Folkwang1 recorded work
- National Galleries Scotland1 recorded work
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- Spanish painters: selected museum and authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Country research — museum-connected artworks and verified painter affiliations
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)