Miro was born in Barcelona, ??Spain on April 20, 1893. He has liked to be close to nature since he was a child, especially when his father bought a farm in Montroig. He liked the simple life there very much, which left good memories of his childhood, so his future works include a series of A painting with the theme of "Farm".
Miro began to learn sketching when he was a child. Later, he attended a commercial school and also took classes at La Longa Academy of Fine Arts. However, his family opposed him taking painting as a career and hoped that He works as an accountant. However, after a serious illness, he finally convinced his family and entered the Cali Art Institute to continue studying painting.
In his youth, Miró's works belonged to Fauvism, but he was also influenced by Dadaism. After painting some portraits and still lifes, Miró decided to go to Paris, the art town, to find new inspiration and excitement. During several trips to Paris, Miro began to paint in a realistic way, but in the end he decided not to be like a photocopier, which only monotonously copies the real scenes seen with the eyes, but to combine his imagination with the real world. The scenery in the picture is placed together in the picture.
Next, a new school of painting emerged in the art world - Surrealism, so Miro's paintings were also full of this dreamlike atmosphere. From this time on, some of Miro's works were called "poetic paintings", which is different from the "paintings within poems, poetry within paintings" we have heard. What we usually say "there are paintings in poems and poems in paintings" means that the poems are written very vividly, making people seem to see the scenes described in the poems with their own eyes; and the beautiful scenery in the paintings is like poetry. feeling. Miro put text in the painting and painted the text in a twisted way, making the text become part of the picture.
In 1928, Miró traveled to the Netherlands. After seeing the works of many ancient Dutch painters, he again felt that depicting scenes in the real world was also interesting, so he painted the "Dutch Room Scenery" series.
In 1929, Miró married Pila Giucosa, and his painting style began to change. He himself said that "painting must be murdered" at this time, because he wanted to return to ancient times, like primitive people. He was also in the cave, happily scribbling on common scenes: the sun, sky, sea, birds and flowers, so at this time his paintings were full of messy graffiti. Then, the Spanish Civil War broke out, and Miro's paintings seemed to be inhabited by many demons and monsters. The pictures were full of violence, as if to drive away enemies.
In 1939, Miró moved to Warrenville and began painting the famous "Constellations" series. In the "Constellation" series of paintings, we can see many small origins like stars, as well as many thin lines, connecting these stars together. In this way, all the small origins form a network of stars.
Since then, "rice" has also become his registered trademark. In many of his later works, we can find the word "rice" in the paintings, and some even deliberately hide it in an inconspicuous place. In the corner, you can't find it if you're not careful.
After 1952, Miró also began to experiment with other artistic works such as ceramics, sculptures and lithographs. In 1956, he moved to Parma and had a large studio that he had always dreamed of.
In the two years of 1959 and 1960, Miró painted more than a hundred paintings, which were the most creative years in his life. In these paintings, he changed his previous painting style. In this way, I often only use very simple curves or graphics to express what I want to draw.
From 1960 to 1970, Miro's paintings became more mature, the lines became simpler and simpler, and colors became more and more important. Sometimes there were only two or three colors in the whole painting, like These works from the "Blue" series. In these paintings, we can also see his attitude of caring about the earth and the living environment.
In the 1970s, Miró's works had been appreciated by people all over the world, and his exhibitions were held all over the world. In 1975, the "Joan Miró Foundation" established by Miró was officially opened to the public. In addition to collecting Miró's own works, it also held many exhibitions of modern painters to encourage young painters.
Miro passed away suddenly on Christmas Day 1983 at the age of 90. He is not only a great painter, but also a sculptor, potter and printmaker. He infuses his personal dreamlike poetry and imagination into every art. Such perfect artistic talent is probably only achieved by Picasso, who has the same longevity as him. Comparable to him.