The 49 Artworks of Joan Miró and of style Surrealism and ...

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The Harlequin’s Carnival (Carnaval d'Arlequin in Catalan) is one of Joan Miró’s most iconic works. This painting was created about the time Miró had just joined the Surrealist movement in Paris, founded in 1924 by poet André Breton. Surrealist artists created a visual realm where the unconscious min...

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The expressionistic Seated Woman II can be seen as a final manifestation of Joan Miró’s peintures sauvages, works characterized by violence of execution and imagery. It was painted at a time when Miró, like Pablo Picasso and Julio González, was responding acutely to the events of the Spanish Civil W...

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Dancer was inspired by a dancer Joan Miro saw performing in Barcelona in a bar called Eden Concert. At first glance, the canvas seems to be littered with random shapes but it becomes clearer on analysing it. The canvas is dominated by blue tones that were applied on top of the brown primer, the brow...

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Morning star is one of the 23 Constellations that Miró painted from 1940 to 1941, following his desire to escape from reality right after the outbreak of World War II. This group of pieces conveys an idealized vision of a world of celestial beings.

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