Joan Miró Spain, 1893-1983

The Spanish artist Joan Miró is regarded as an innovator in the Surrealist movement, rendering the subconscious and bringing it to life in an abstract style that is instantly recognizable. This concept would later inspire Abstract Expressionists in the early 20th century. Often driven by interior emotions, spontaneity and gesture inform his works, resulting in less calculated, 'freer' works. Working in a limited color palette, Miró worked across sculpture, ceramics, works on paper, and painting.

Miró was born April 20, 1893 in Barcelona. At the age of 14, he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La...