Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay, one of France's leading avant-garde artists, is known for her innovative works combining color and geometric forms. Together with her husband, Robert Delaunay, she developed the abstract art movement known as "Orphism," profoundly influencing 20th-century art. She pursued the integration of art and daily life, working across a wide range of fields including painting, printmaking, textiles, and design.
1893 Born in Spain to a jeweler and watchmaker
1907 Enters La Llotja School of Art in Barcelona
1912 Enters Francisco Galí School of Art
1915 Begins to paint unique portraits and landscapes, while influenced by French Fauvism
1918 Holds a solo exhibition at Sala Dalmau
1919 Moves to Paris. Interacts with Picasso and enjoys exchanges with artists in Paris for the next 20 years
1920 Participates in the Dada movement
1923 Begins to paint symbolic works, moving away from realism
1924 Participates in the Surrealism movement with André Breton and others
1926 Designs the stage set for the Ballets Russes' "Romeo and Juliet"
1930 Solo exhibitions in Paris, Brussels, and New York. Creates first lithographs
1931 Exhibition of objects and sculptures at a Paris gallery
1933 Repeatedly creates first etchings
1936 Exiled to France
1940 Creates the representative Constellations series, establishing Miró's unique graphic expression
Moves to Mallorca, Spain
1941 The Museum of Modern Art in New York holds a retrospective exhibition
1947 First visit to New York, creates large murals
1953 Galerie Maeght in Paris holds a solo exhibition
Thereafter, his reputation and fame as a global artist were established, retrospective exhibitions were held in Western Japan, and his works were acquired by museums worldwide.
1954 Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Germany holds a retrospective exhibition
1960 Creates a ceramic mural at Harvard University
1962 Major retrospective exhibition held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Paris
1966 Visits Japan for a major retrospective exhibition in Tokyo and Kyoto
1967 Miró mural installed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
1973 Solo exhibition of sculptures and ceramics held at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. "Miró Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York" exhibition held at MoMA.
1975 The Fundació Joan Miró – Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, opens in Montjuïc Park, Barcelona.
1979 Retrospective exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and watercolors held at the Fondation Maeght.
1983 "Joan Miró: Anys20" exhibition of paintings from the 1920s held at the Fundació Miró in Barcelona. Passes away at his home in Palma de Mallorca.
The Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona houses over 10,000 works, and his works are also collected in museums worldwide, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.