Joan Miró Original Vintage Surreal Birds With Abstract Pictorial Signs Expressionism Composition Gouache on Sackcloth Textile Canvas Ecole de Paris Catalan Spanish Painting Circa 1944-1945
Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Barcelona. Professionally known as Joan Miró, he gained international acclaim for his unique style, often associated with Surrealism, while also exhibiting influences of Fauvism and Expressionism, and is associated with the Ecole de Paris, (School of Paris). The Fundació Joan Miró, dedicated to his work, was established in Barcelona in 1975, and another foundation, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was founded in Palma in 1981.
Miró, born into a family of a goldsmith and a watchmaker, began his artistic journey at a young age, attending drawing classes and later enrolling at La Llotja Fine Art Academy in 1907. Inspired by Fauve and Cubist movements, he moved to Paris in 1920, though he continued to spend his summers in Catalonia.
His early works, influenced by Van Gogh and Cézanne, were categorized as Catalan Fauvism. In 1924, he joined the Surrealist group, marking a shift towards more symbolic and poetic expressions, as seen in his dream paintings. Miró did not completely abandon subject matter, maintaining a symbolic, schematic language even in his Surrealist works.
Miró's personal life intertwined with his artistic journey. He married Pilar Juncosa in 1929 and had a daughter, María Dolores, in 1930. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War led to a politically charged phase in his work, exemplified by the mural "The Reaper," commissioned by Spain's Republican government in 1937.
During World War II, Miró relocated to Normandy and later fled to Spain, avoiding the German invasion. His series "Constellations" (1940-1941) marked a shift in focus toward celestial symbolism. Miró continued to evolve, experimenting with lithographic editions and collaborations.
In the late 1950s and 1960s, he represented Spain in major exhibitions, and in 1974, he created a tapestry for the World Trade Center. Despite experiencing multiple episodes of depression throughout his life, Miró found solace in painting, and using art to cope with his mental health. He received numerous awards, including the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Spain (1980), and was interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona upon his death in 1983 at the age of 90.
Miró's legacy endures through his diverse body of work, and his impact on the art world remains significant.
Joan Miró
(1893-1983)
Catalan, Spain
Ecole de Paris; (School of Paris)
Created Approximately 1944-1945
Gouache on Sackcloth Textile Canvas
Excellent original condition
Framed, matted, and behind glass in the original vintage era gallery frame
Approximately 13.7" W X 17.5" H
Framed, 19.9" X 24.2"
A similar subject by Miro at the Met Museum, ("Women and Bird in the Night"), was created approximately a year apart, with the same textile material used as the canvas; (a type of sackcloth).
"In 1944, Miró returned to painting on canvas after four years of concentrating on works on paper, including hundreds focused on the theme of woman, bird and star; groups this picture among about forty small paintings from 1944–45 on irregularly shaped, unprimed canvas, characterized by an animated, casual profusion of figures and signs." ( Jacques Dupin. Joan Miró: Life and Work. New York, [1962], p. 378, no. 633, ill. p. 548).
Provenance is of the Pierre Matisse Gallery, in New York, sold by the artist
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