With his wide-ranging oeuvre, comprising strikingly original paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, metal engravings and murals, Catalan modernist Joan Miró was a critical force in moving 20th-century art toward complete abstraction. Although often considered an early Surrealist because of his nonobjective imagery and evocation of the subconscious, he defies neat categorization.
Miró’s identity is largely rooted in the city of his birth: Barcelona. To this day, a number of his public artworks can be found there, including the 72-foot-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird), 1983. Female and avian forms, along with bright colors and the theme of Catalan pride, are recurring elements in his work.
The radical visual world Miró created with his expressive lines, signature symbols and biomorphic shapes influenced such American Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock and Color Field painters like Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.
Mirò continued to work and experiment until his death at the age of 90 in 1983. Five years before that, he was quoted saying, “I painted these paintings in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions.”
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Original Painting, "Au Cirque, " by Urban Huchet
By Urbain Huchet 2
Located in Asheville, NC
Signed original acrylic by Urban Huchet (French, 1930-2014). This acrylic on canvas was painted in his Paris Studio. Au Cirque is a wonderful representat...
Acrylic
One of a Kind Erté Original Painting "Femme Au Collant Resille"
By Erté
Located in Asheville, NC
Signed original gouache painting by Romain de Tirtoff, aka Erté. This very rare original features a woman wearing fishnet stockings and a pearl-and-lace top with black gloves and a r...
Gouache
Rose Silver -Rhana Oil Painting of Ballet Dancer
By Lisa Rhana
Located in Asheville, NC
This painting is from Lisa Rhana's (a.k.a. Rose Silver) solo show "A Tribute to the Ballet" at the Hammer Gallery in New York in 1975. Lisa Rhana was born ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Ornamental French Roccoco Inspired Plaque
Located in Asheville, NC
Colorful Floral Raccoco Design wall hanging
Woman in Hat by Mendez, Impressionist Style With Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Asheville, NC
Misty painting of woman in a soft white dress with hat suggesting primary colored feathers on top. Her figure is well proportioned in the impressionist style, as if she’s caught in t...
Canvas
Midcentury Palate Knife Oil Painting of Notre Dame Cathedral
Located in Asheville, NC
This palate knife oil of Notre Dame Cathedral was done in the midcentury.
Canvas
Lithograph III (1047), Framed Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe III Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Lithograph III...
Lithograph
Maravillas con Variaciones, Framed Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 8) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 1500...
Lithograph
Maravillas con Variaciones, Framed Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el jardin de Miro (Number 10) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 150...
Lithograph
Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe IV Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Lithographs II ...
Lithograph
Maravillas con Variaciones, Framed Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 6) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 1500...
Lithograph
Lithographs II (1041), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe II Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Lithographs II ...
Lithograph
