Joan Miro [1973 Exhibition in New York] 1966 Image size 63x91cm Original re-etching & aquatint

Limited to 75 copies, signed by the artist.

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A representative painter of the School of Paris from Barcelona. While participating in the Surrealist movement in Paris and being strongly influenced by Surrealism, he created his own unique object forms, moving away from elongated lines, and developed Miro's own abstract world of art, full of musicality. He achieved worldwide success, expanding his activities to include paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, and outdoor mural sculptures.

1893 Born in Barcelona, Spain, as the son of a jeweler and watchmaker.

1907 Enters La Llotja School of Art and Design in Barcelona.

1912 Enters Francisco Gali School of Art.

1915 Begins painting unique portraits and landscapes while influenced by French Fauvism.

1918 Holds a solo exhibition at Sala Dalmau.

1919 Goes to Paris and interacts with Picasso. Enjoys barbecue and Paris for the next 20 years.

1920 Joins the Dadaism movement.

1923 Begins to paint symbolic works, moving away from realism.

1924 Participates in the Surrealist movement with André Breton and others.

1926 Designs the stage for the Russian Ballet's Romeo and Juliet.

1930 Solo exhibitions in Paris, Brussels, and New York. Creates his first lithographs.

1931 Exhibition of objects and sculptures at a Paris gallery.

1933 Creates his first etchings repeatedly.

1936 Exiles to France.

1940 Creates the "Constellations" series, a major work, establishing Miro's unique geometric expression.

Moves to Mallorca, Spain.

1941 Museum of Modern Art in New York holds a retrospective.

1946 Exhibits with Dali, Picasso, and Gris at the "Four Spaniards" exhibition in Boston.

1947 Visits New York for the first time and creates a large mural.

Around this time, he gained international recognition and acclaim as a world-renowned painter, with retrospectives and exhibitions held, and museums worldwide eagerly collecting his works.

1949 Retrospective at Kunsthalle Bern.

1950 Solo exhibition of objects and prints at Galerie Maeght in Paris.

1951 Solo exhibitions in New York and Houston.

1953 Solo exhibitions at Galerie Maeght in Paris and Matisse Gallery in New York.

1954 Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Germany holds a retrospective.

1960 Creates a ceramic mural for Harvard University.

1962 Major retrospective at the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

1966 Visits Japan for a major retrospective in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1967 Miró mural installed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

1973 Solo exhibition of sculptures and ceramic works at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. "Miró Collection at The Museum of Modern Art" exhibition held at MoMA, New York.

1975 The Fundació Joan Miró - Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, opens in Montjuïc Park, Barcelona.

1979 Retrospective of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and watercolors at the Maeght Foundation.

1983 "Joan Miró: Anys 20" exhibition of paintings from the 1920s held at the Miró Foundation in Barcelona. Continues at his home in Palma de Mallorca.

The Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona houses over 10,000 works, and his works are also held in museums worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 Artwork Description

This piece is extracted from an album of four prints created for the 1973 exhibition "Miró: Paintings, Gouaches, sobreteixims (using fabric and other fibers), Sculptures, and Etchings" at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York. In this horizontal print by Miró, primary colors such as red, green, and yellow, favored by Miró, are depicted with rough lines against a black background.