Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanishpainters of the 20th century. His early work clearly shows theinfluence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapesthe themes and treatment of these initial works. In his travels,Miro encountered the intellectual avant-garde of his time. Hisfriends included Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Andr Masson, JeanArp and Pablo Picasso. From the mid-twenties onward, Miro strove toleave direct objective references behind and developed thepictograms that typify his style. The pictures of this period,which include perhaps the most beautiful and significant ones ofhis whole oeuvre, dispense with spatiality and an unambiguousreference to objects. From now on, the surfaces are defined bynumerals, writing, abstract emblems, and playful figures andcreatures. Nineteen-forty-four saw the beginning of his extensivegraphic oeuvre, ceramics, monumental mural works, and sculptures.In these works, too, the Catalan artist sought the solid foundationof a figurative, symbolic art with orientation as regards content:faces, stars, moons, rudimentary animal forms, letters. Joan Mirodeveloped in several stages his characteristic flowing calligraphicstyle and his world of forms resembling shorthand symbols.
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