Joan MIRÓ
(1893 – 1983)
Spanish-Catalan painter, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramist. Building on Catalan folk art, his early works show influences of Cubism and Fauvism. From the early to mid-1920s he made a fundamental stylistic change, which led him away from representationalism | 1893 born in Barcelona | 1912-15 attends private art school “Escola d’Art” | 1913-18 attends free drawing academy of the “Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc” | 1928 meets Alexander CALDER with whom he has a lifelong friendship | 1968 Fundaciô Joan Mirô, mainly housing works of MIRÓ opens in Barcelona | 1983 died in Palma de Mallorca
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