Joan Miró was born and raised in Spain. He was greatly influenced by folk art and paintings of local churches. The artist’s hometown was…

The artist’s parents were artisans. What was his father engaged in?

Joan Miró was fond of the visual arts since childhood, but his parents wanted to give him a more practical profession. At the insistence of his parents, Miro studied…

After moving from Barcelona to Paris in 1919, the artist became close…

The early works of Joan Miró reflect the influence of several art movements of the early twentieth century. Which two movements have had the greatest impact on the aspiring artist?

Throughout his creative career, Joan Miró worked in various directions and styles. His talent was revealed most fully…

In his paintings, Joan Miró created an unreal fantasy world. Most of his works are different due to…

The colour palette in the artist’s paintings is usually consistent…

The work “Carnival of the Harlequin” created by young Joan Miró is considered the earliest surreal painting. When was it exhibited?

Before developing his original surreal-abstract style, Miro painted pictures in which he faithfully conveyed the environment, down to the smallest object. However, the artist did not use perspective, and the images were flat. These works in art history were named…

During the period of his passion for Cubism, Joan Miró painted mainly portraits. The most famous of these is…

Where and when was the first solo exhibition of Joan Miro held?

The first work that the artist managed to sell was the painting “Farm”. Who bought it for 5,000 francs?

This famous surrealist painter was a friend of Joan Miró and his advisor:

Many Surrealists used the “automatic writing” method to create their works. It implies complete automatism, when the image is applied to the canvas spontaneously, without the participation of the mind. How did Joan Miró work?

The artist’s style has two of the listed features of the creative manner:

In addition to painting, Joan Miró was also engaged in sculpture, ceramics and decorative and design work. One of the most famous sculptures he created, 22 meters high, was installed in Barcelona. What is its name?

In the early 1930s, the artist first became an illustrator of a literary collection. Which edition was decorated with lithographs by Joan Miró?

What painting by Joan Miró is referred to in the author’s quote?

“It has become a summary of my whole life in the countryside. I wanted to put everything that I liked in this country – from a huge tree to a tiny snail – into this canvas”

The Catalan ceramist and artist who worked in collaboration with Joan Miró was…

In 1955, the artist received an order to paint the walls of the Paris branch of UNESCO. Collaborating with Artigas, Miro used ceramics to create a large-scale panel in an abstract style. What is this work called?

Miro’s painting is full of symbols and mysterious signs. Many elements are repeated, moving from picture to picture. The artist’s favorite symbols were:

The iconic work of Joan Miró, which symbolizes the artist’s transition to non-figurative painting. The figures in the picture are depicted so schematically that one can only guess what is actually painted on the canvas thanks to the name. This work, which was created in 1924, is called:

What is the name of the series of gouaches by Joan Miró, which he completed in 1941 as a gift to his wife?

Surrealists often used unusual decorative techniques in their painting. Joan Miró was no exception and used the technique called…

Many of Miro’s works consist of large spots filled with bright open colour. This manner of painting influenced the emergence of such a style of art as…

In addition to coloured figures, lines and spots, the artist used… in his paintings.

The emergence of this style of art contributed to the spontaneous application of paint on the canvas and the extraordinary colour solutions of Joan Miró.

In 1974, when Joan Miró was recognized worldwide and a retrospective of his work was held in the Grand Palais and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, three sculptures from the new series were exhibited for the first time. Which one is superfluous in the list?