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Jun 4, 2024 · Joan Miró (born April 20, 1893, Barcelona, Spain—died December 25, 1983, Palma, Majorca) was a Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life.
Around and About Joan Miro: Directed by Thomas Bouchard. With Joan Miró.
- Thomas Bouchard
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- Documentary, Biography
- Joan Miró
Born into a family of a goldsmith and watchmaker, Miquel Miró Adzerias, and mother Dolores Ferrà., [6] Miró grew up in the Barri Gòtic neighborhood of Barcelona. [7] The Miró surname indicates some possible Jewish roots (in terms of marrano or converso Iberian Jews who converted to Christianity ).
Mar 17, 2023 · Around and About Joan Miró is not only a fascinating artefact in its own right, but also serves as incontrovertible proof of Miró’s authorship of Sans titre (1947). The painting lay undisturbed in the Bouchards’ vault until almost half a century later, when its discovery and market debut at Sotheby’s New York in 2014 caused a ...
- Marian Ang
Feb 14, 2018 · Before the groundbreaking Surrealist painters Salvador Dalí or René Magritte, Joan Miró helped to give visual definition to the young movement, influencing generations of artists to come. Who Was Joan Miró?
Miró was born on April 20, 1893, in Barcelona and grew up in a family of watchmakers. At the age of fourteen, he enrolled in business school while concurrently taking art classes at the Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales y Bellas Artes.
Thomas Bouchard’s film Around and About Joan Miró (1955) is a documentary portrait of the artist and his milieu, featuring a sequence in which Miró creates a painting that was, until recently, unknown to the world.
