Joan Miró explored figurative painting early on, inspired by the landscapes of Mont-roig del Camp. In 1918 he had his first solo exhibition at Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona, and two years later he left for Paris, where he soon came into contact with the avant-garde movements that would influence his work, such as Cubism and Fauvism. He refined his work technically and formally as it moved towards compositions of a surrealist nature, while always being distinguished by a unique and highly personal language featuring abstract and poetic components, showing interest for the earth and for everyday objects. The work Painting, made by Miró during his period in Paris, is true to the time spent there and is an example of his artistic propositions during that period. In 1940 Miró returned to Spain and chose to live in both Mont-roig del Camp and Palma de Mallorca, where in the 1950s a good friend, the architect Josep Lluís Sert, designed and built his final studio space. The participation of Miró in the Pavilion of the Spanish Republic in 1937 in Paris and the retrospective organised by MoMA in New York in 1941 contributed to his international recognition.
List of artworks
Dona , 1949
Peinture , 1926
Dona , 1949
Peinture , 1926
5th Anniversary
Josep Suñol's Collection
A fresh insight into his collection that can help us understand the function of art in...
Sculpture/Object
Josep Suñol Collection
36 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection, ranging from the early avant-garde up to the most daring experiments of the...
Dialogues
First part
An idea that ran right through the 20th century: confrontation implies both affinities and discrepancies with initially similar...
1915 – 1995
Col·lecció Josep Suñol
Owing to the number of works in the collection, the first show included a selection of the most representative pieces dating from 1915 to...
Miró-Picasso
2023
The Fundació Suñol participates in the Miró-Picasso exhibition, organized jointly by the Museu Picasso and the Fundació Joan Miró of Barcelona, through the loan of Pablo Picasso's work Buste...
Miró: Poema
2021
Fundación MAPFRE Recoletos, Madrid...
Joan Miró. Absolute Reality. Paris, 1920–1945
2023
Guggenheim Museum,...
The Point of Sculpture
2021
Fundació Joan Miró,...
Sculpture/Object
The exhibition Sculpture/Object was the first of various commemorative events for Fundació Suñol’s 5th anniversary, held in 2012. It showed 36 pieces from the...
Les Escales
In 1976 Josep Suñol moved his residence to Les Escales, an address specially designed to house his growing collection of works of...
Guided tour to Known masterpieces
(Catalan)
Fundació Suñol organizes a visit in Catalan to the exhibtion Known Masterpieces conducted by the fundation’s...
How many betrayals are necessary to make a contemporary classic?
Raül Garrigasait
To achieve the contemporary classic status an artwork must face the conflicts of its time. This activity offers a reflective tou to Known...
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