The Catalan struggle and Spanish Civil War greatly influenced Joan Miro's art; Miro's techniques of forceful strokes with paint and ceramics enable Miro to express his feelings and depict the Catalan people's struggle through art.
Surrealism in the 1920s was defined as a fantastic arrangement of materials that influenced Miro, due to the fact that he was one of the most original and sympathetic artists during the Surrealism periods. Miro was born into the Catalan culture in April 20,1893 in Barcelona, Spain (Munro 288). Having to be born into the Catalan culture gave Miro an opportunity to have an intense nationalist activity. In which much attention was paid not only to political expressions of the need for autonomy, but also to the re-Catalanizing of every day life (Higdon 1).
"It was necessary to fight so that Catalan, our language might be recognized as a cultural language- ("Miro-). In 1910 Miro's parents bought a masia which is a sort of traditional farmstead of Catalonia, where the family has its roots on the paternal side. Miro described the masia in his painting The Farm of 1921-1922 (Figure1). Clement Greenburg a close friend of Miro who is also a critic, said that Miro's art is based on ideas "of painting as an irrevocable two dimensional medium- (Munro 289). .
Greenburg also stated "Miro is known for his almost total lack of interest in political matters- (Munro 289). The only thing that really kept Miro interested was his people and their culture. What really shot Miro down was the Spanish Civil War, he stated that "I am not in favor of separatism. I am in favor for Spanish unity, European unity, and World unity."" He believed that they should be able to celebrate their myths, and abide by their own laws (Higdon 1).
Being Catalan was pretty hard on Miro as well as his people and their culture. For one, the government tried to shut them out or at least make them in to a Spanish-speaking country.
Visual Biography Since I can remember, art is what I have always enjoyed doing most. I believe myself to be an efficient and creative artist who will never enter a project half hearted or leave it undone. I am wonderful with color coordination and pride myself in adding great detail to m...
Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, both born around the turn of the 20th century in Spain, are two exemplary figures that belonged to the Surrealist school. ... Miro's use of colour differs from Dali's blending and prevalent three-dimensionality. ... Miro's technique eschewed intimacy inasmuch as The Potato seems to dwarf Accommodations in canvas size. ... Whilst Dali exercised a sort of internal movement, Miro utilized fluidity in the full sense of the word. ... Miro's imaginative fantasy therefore collides with Dali's story-like, and thus structured, painting. ...
Artist Joan Miro understood this well when in 1962 he said "To me it seems vital that a rich and robust theme should be present to give the spectator an immediate blow between the eyes before a second thought can intervene." ...
Joan Miro's Poetic Object was constructed out of a variety of found objects. ... Object with Grill, another example of Miro's work consists of found objects that are not things in the sense of shoes or sugar cubes, but materials and scraps that themselves carry associations. ...
Joan Miro's Poetic Object was constructed out of a variety of found objects. ... Object with Grill, another example of Miro's work consists of found objects that are not things in the sense of shoes or sugar cubes, but materials and scraps that themselves carry associations. ...
Max Ernst's techniques designed to channel the unconscious, Joan Miro's biomorphic fantasies and René Magritte's persistent questioning of the nature of representation give all of them a place high in the pantheon of modern art, and some will say that beside them Dalà is a fraudulent pipsqueak. ...
He returned to his hometown of Figueres, where the famous Surrealist artist Joan Miro visited him. Miro acted as a guide for Dali, and through him, he was able to acquire an art dealer and determine that Paris was where he needed to be to pursue his career in art (Wood 8). ... After his first exhibition in Spain, Dali took Miro's advice and traveled to Paris, where he was introduced to the Surrealists, who attempted to discover what the world was really like through their unconscious thoughts and dreams ("Spanish Painter- 73). ... Dali was joining the ranks of the Surrealists and alon...
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in the town of Figueres, Spain. He was the son of a prosperous attorney, and spent his childhood in Figueres and at the family's summer home in the coastal fishing village of Cadaques. At an early age, he showed a talent and love for drawing. His father encou...
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