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JOAN MIRÓ I FERRÀ individual museums: Miro – The Fundació Joan Miró is a
museum of modern art honouring Joan Miró located on the hill
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and called Montjuïc in Barcelona, Catalonia; Picasso – The Museu
ceramicist born in Barcelona. Joan Miró was a Catalan painter Picasso, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, houses one of
who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature the most extensive collections of artworks by the 20th-century
style evolved from the tension between his fanciful poetic Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The Dalí Theater Museum is the
impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. He most important museum dedicated to the Catalan surrealist
worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous artist Salvador Dalí. Located in his hometown of Figueres, (a
murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces. A couple of hours from Barcelona and 25 minutes from Cadaques,
museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was my other favourite studio in Cataluna).
established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, When living in Cataluna you are immersed into the culture, the
the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive language and the arts, the topic of conversation is often about
city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981. these three artists as they lived there, went to school there, and
“I found Miro’s work different from the other painters at the time, painted there. Barcelona has always attracted art historians,
where some of his works took on a more child-like surrealistic art enthusiasts, tourists, from all over the world to learn and
fantasy–original, very modern and colourful–extraordinary.” view some of the world’s most famous artists and the famous
Since 1972 I have been living and painting in Sitges (20 minutes architect Gaudi: La Sagrada Familia, miraculous. We passed this
from Barcelona). Miro, Dali, Picasso are the three artists that cathedral throughout the years as we have life-long friends that
predominate the museums in Barcelona, each with their own live just down the street from this cathedral. It is awe-inspiring.
A TRIBUTE TO JOAN MIRO, 2022 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 84X40 IN. | 213X102 CM.
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