Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.61 kg, 96 pages
Edition: German
Sunshine with depth
Joan Miró – a universal genius with a poetic palette
In his career, which spanned seven decades, the Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) proved himself a universal genius of modern art. He left behind masterpieces in painting, sculpture, art book printing, tapestry, and pottery, and worked in styles as diverse as Fauvism, Surrealism, Dadaism, Magic Realism, Cubism, and abstract art.
Images of vibrant color drawn from a repertoire of recurring, striking, magical symbols and signs: Miró developed his characteristic style, with which his name is predominantly associated today, in 1920s Paris. There he moved within a network of avant-garde painters and writers, including Picasso, Max Ernst, Tristan Tzara, Michel Leiris, Louis Aragon, André Breton, Henry Miller, and Salvador Dalí. and many others belonged to it. They formed the upper echelons of modernity, a laboratory of creativity.
This volume illustrates the diverse influences that found their way into Miró's art, which today is often reduced to its decorative character, and traces an incredible career that made Joan Miró a legendary figure in modern art.
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.61 kg, 96 pages
Edition: German
Sunshine with depth
Joan Miró – a universal genius with a poetic palette
In his career, which spanned seven decades, the Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) proved himself a universal genius of modern art. He left behind masterpieces in painting, sculpture, art book printing, tapestry, and pottery, and worked in styles as diverse as Fauvism, Surrealism, Dadaism, Magic Realism, Cubism, and abstract art.
Images of vibrant color drawn from a repertoire of recurring, striking, magical symbols and signs: Miró developed his characteristic style, with which his name is predominantly associated today, in 1920s Paris. There he moved within a network of avant-garde painters and writers, including Picasso, Max Ernst, Tristan Tzara, Michel Leiris, Louis Aragon, André Breton, Henry Miller, and Salvador Dalí. and many others belonged to it. They formed the upper echelons of modernity, a laboratory of creativity.
This volume illustrates the diverse influences that found their way into Miró's art, which today is often reduced to its decorative character, and traces an incredible career that made Joan Miró a legendary figure in modern art.
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