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Joan Miró
Catalan artist whose biomorphic abstractions, vivid color, and playful visual language bridged Surrealism and abstraction with a distinctly Mediterranean joy.
How to Read with the Mend Index
Apply these B/P/M/S interpretation tips when evaluating works attributed to Joan Miró:
Miró's mature work combines spontaneous-looking gestures with careful planning. Preliminary drawings exist for most major paintings. The apparent simplicity conceals deliberate composition.
The Miró catalogue raisonné (Jacques Dupin) and Successió Miró are key authentication references. Works should be traceable through documented galleries or estate records.
Oil on canvas, gouache, collage, ceramics, bronze sculpture, and tapestry. His late 'burnt canvases' (1973) are a distinct sub-category requiring specialized knowledge.
Detailed realism (pre-1924), Surrealist-period 'dream paintings' (1924–27), 'wild paintings' (1930s), and late monumental works differ significantly. Date-style coherence is essential.
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