Joan Miro [Moonlit Rainy Morning] 1958 Image size 56x65cm Original etching & aquatint

Limited to 300 copies, autographed by the author

A representative painter from the Ecole de Paris, born in Barcelona. He participated in the Surrealist movement in Paris and was heavily influenced by it, but instead of the long and thin shapes, he created his own object shapes and created his own unique world of abstract paintings that are fun to listen to. He expanded his activities from painting and prints to ceramics, sculpture, outdoor sculpture and murals, and achieved success all over the world.

Born in 1893 in the Spanish Transverse Sea as the son of a jewellery and watchmaker.

1907 Entered the La Llonha School of Fine Arts in Barcelona

1912 : Entered Francisco Galli Art School

1915 : Although influenced by the French Fauves, he began to paint his own original portraits and landscapes.

1918 Solo exhibition at the Dalmau Gallery

In 1919 , he interacted with Picasso when he went to Paris. For the next 20 years, he enjoyed barbecues and Paris.

1920 : Joins the Dadaism movement

1923 : Moved away from realism and began to paint symbolic pictures

In 1924 , he joined the Surrealist movement along with André Breton and others.

1926 : Set decoration for the Russian Ballet's Romeo and Juliet

1930 Solo exhibitions in Paris, Brussels, and New York. Produced his first lithograph.

1931 : Exhibition of sculptures and objects at a gallery in Paris

Equipped with the first etching in 1933

1936 : Exile in France

1940 : Creates his signature Constellation series. Miró's unique geometrical expression is established.

Moving to Mallorca, Spain

1941 : Retrospective held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

In 1946 , he exhibited at the Four Spaniards exhibition in Boston alongside Dali, Picasso, and Gris.

1947 : Visited New York for the first time and created a large mural

From this time on, he gained worldwide recognition as a world-renowned watercolour painter, and retrospectives and exhibitions were held, with art museums around the world competing to house his works.

1949 Retrospective at the Kunsthalle Bern

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

1951 Solo exhibitions in New York and Houston

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

1954 : A retrospective was held at the Kaiser Wellerfeld Museum in Germany.

1960 : Created a ceramic mural at Harvard University

1962 : A major retrospective was held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.

1966 : Came to Japan for a major retrospective exhibition in Tokyo and Kyoto

1967 : Miro's murals are installed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York

In 1973 , he held a solo exhibition of sculptures and ceramics at the Saint-Paul de Vinsmaegh Foundation. The exhibition "The Joan Miró Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York" was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

1975 The Joan Miró Foundation - Centre for Contemporary Art Studies, designed by José Luis Sert, opens in Montjuïc Park in Barcelona.

In 1979 , a retrospective of paintings, sculpture, drawings and watercolors was held at the Maeght Foundation.

1983 : The exhibition Joan Miró : Anys20 , paintings from the 1920s, opens at the Fundacio Miró in Barcelona . It continues at his home in Palma de Mallorca.

The Joan Miró Museum in Barcelona has a collection of over 10,000 works, and works are included in museums around the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Work Description

 The contrast between the black background, which contains the light characteristic of aquatint, and the white motif is distinctive. The white is also given flavor with several shades of gray. The black background contains white, and the white characters and animals incorporate black, softening the original intensity of the black and white, giving the whole painting a velvety softness.

The character is a young girl with her hair tied back in a ponytail, and a powerful shape radiates from her head. Her arms are spread wide, and her lively legs are sticking out from under her miniskirt. Her face is small and slightly confused, but it echoes the colors outside her body. She also looks like an animal in a space suit. The legs of the animal next to her are parallel to the girl's legs, and the animal's body is also drawn parallel to the girl's outstretched hands, ensuring balance in the composition. The round dots, perhaps individual drops of rain, move up and down and side to side. The moon, which does not shine as brightly as it does at night, is not painted in a bright yellow, but in a deep green. The round white dots are combined with brown and blue circles to create a change in color. It is likely a fairy tale of a rainy day when the moon is still out, as the darkness of night gives way to the white morning.