Painter and sculptor

Joan Miró was born in Barcelona in 1893, but the landscapes that shaped him as an artist and individual were Mont-roig, Paris, Mallorca, New York, and Japan. Mont-roig offered a grounding counterpoint to the intellectual ferment of Paris in the 1920s among surrealist poets, and later to the abstract expressionism he encountered in New York during the 1940s. During World War II, Miró settled permanently in Mallorca, where Josep Lluís Sert built him the studio he had long envisioned. His deep connection to the landscapes of Mont-roig and Mallorca profoundly influenced his work. Rooted in nature and everyday objects, Miró sought a pure, universal language, avoiding academicism. Through his art, he expressed a quiet but powerful rebellion, creating a unique, deeply personal style.