Joan Miro: Born: Montroig, Spain, April 20, 1893.

Studied art at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and at the Academia Gali.

In 1921 he moved to Paris.

From 1940 - 1948, he lived in Spain.

In 1954, he was awarded the Graphic Art Prize at the Venice Biennale.

In 1967, awarded the Carnegie Prize in Pittsburgh.

Died: December 25, Palma de Majorca. Joan Miró i Ferrą (April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983) was an ethnic Catalan (of Spanish nationality) painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeoise society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favor of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.



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