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Miró Seated Woman | Dutch Interior
Joan Miró at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
Dutch Interior II Joan Miró was born in Spain, Barcelona, in 1893.
At the age of 14, he enrolled in La Lonja, the Barcelona Academy of Arts.
In 1917 he met Francis Picabia and in 1918, Joan Miró got his first solo exhibition at Galerie Dalmau in Barcelona.
In 1919 Miró decided to go to Paris to meet Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob, Tristan Tzara and Pierre Reverdy.
Joan Miró became involved in the Dada movement, and in 1921 Dalmau organized his first solo exhibition at Galerie la Licorne in Paris.
In 1923 his works were also exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.
In 1924 Joan Miró decided to join the surrealist movement and obtained his first surrealist solo exhibition at Pierre Gallery in Paris.
Seated Woman II In 1928 he travelled to the Netherlands and created several works inspired by the Flemish Masters, including “Dutch Interior II” today exhibited at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
Returning to Spain, Joan Miró remained there until 1936 because of the Spanish War and returned to his country only in 1941.
Simultaneously, a retrospective exhibition of his art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York demonstrated his international consecration.
Joan Miró began to do several works in ceramics and was also interested in prints.
From 1954 to 1958, most of his artistic production was prints and ceramics.
In the 1960s, Joan Miró devoted himself mainly to sculpture.
Miró Seated Woman | Dutch Interior
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