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Joan Miró Biography
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1893 |
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Born in Barcelona, Spain
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1907 - 1910 |
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Enrolled at the School of Commerce and also attended classes at the School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Barcelona, Spain
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1913 |
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Enrolled in the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain
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1912 - 1915 |
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Attended the school of art run by Francesc Galí, Barcelona, Spain
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1918 |
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Formed part of the Agrupació Courbet together with Josep Llorens Artigas, J.F. Ràfols, E.C. Ricart, Rafael Sala, Francesc Domingo and Marià Espinal
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1919 |
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Met Pablo Picasso in Paris, France
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1920 |
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Participated in Dadaist manifestations
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1926 |
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Diaghilev commissioned Miró and Ernst to design the sets and costumes for the ballet Romeo and Juliet to be performed by the Ballets Russes
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1933 |
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Publication of Enfances by Georges Hugnet, the first book illustrated by Miró with etchings
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1936 - 1940 |
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Lived with his wife and daughter in Paris, France
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1947 |
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First trip to the United States, where he produces a mural painting for the Gourmet Room at the Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, OH
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1958 |
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Recipient, Guggenheim International Award for two murals for UNESCO in Paris, France
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1980 |
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Recipient, Gold Medal for Fine Arts awarded by King Juan Carlos
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1983 |
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Died in Palma, Majorca
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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Midnight Party - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Modern Print Masters Stock - The Watermill, Aberfeldy, Perthshire (Scotland)
Artistic Relationships: Partners, Mentors, Lovers - Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Société Anonyme: Modernism for America - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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2012
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Joan Miro - Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC
Galerie Boisserée Joan Miró - Graphische Werke, Mischtechniken und bibliophile Bücher aus fünf Jahrzehnten - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne Send message
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2011
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Joan Mirò - Galleria Bellinzona, Milan
Miró - Tate Modern, London (England)
Joan Miró - EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
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2010
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Miró: The Dutch Interiors - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
Joan Miró - Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Münster
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2009
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Joan Miro - Il Colore Dei Sogni - Galleria Guastalla Centro Arte, Livorno
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2008
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The Hands of Art, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
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2007
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Le Corps et son double, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, France
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2006
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Tapestries, Bass Muesum of Art, Miami, FL
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2005
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Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art in Spain, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
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2004
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VIDEO ROSSO, Galleria Edieuropa, Rome, Italy
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2003
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Collagen, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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2002
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Passioni D'Art, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland
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2001
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Kunst aus Spanien, Galerie Ruf, Munich, Germany
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2000
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Master - Prints, Fischer Kunsthandel & Edition, Berlin, Germany
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1983
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Joan Miró: A Ninetieth-Birthday Tribute, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1983
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Joan Miró: anys 20. Mutació de la realitat, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
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1978
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Retrospective exhibition at the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain
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1976
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Official opening of the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
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1969
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Miró otro, College of Architects, Barcelona, Spain
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1967
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Ceramic mural installation, produced in collaboration with Josep Llorens Artigas, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1966
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Retrospective exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Tokyo and in Kyoto, Japan
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1964 - 1965
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Retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London, UK and at Kunsthaus de Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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1962
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Retrospective exhibition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
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1957
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Retrospective of the graphic works at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum of Krefeld. Exhibition presented in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Hanovre and Hamburg, Germany
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1956
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Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1948
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First solo exhibition at the Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
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1941
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First large retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1932
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First one-man show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
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1930
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First one-man show in the United States, at the Valentine Gallery, New York, NY
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1925
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First solo exhibition at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, France
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1921
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First solo exhibition at the Galerie La Licorne, Paris, France
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Pilar & Joan Miro Foundation and Museum, Mallorca, Spain
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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