About Joan Miró
Spanish · 1893–1983 · Surrealism
Wanted to murder painting, spent sixty years making paintings instead, and was called the most Surrealist of all by Breton.
Read full biography →Joan Miró's works are held in 32 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and Fundació Joan Miró.
🇦🇹 Austria
2 museums
- 3 works
Batliner Collection
Vienna, Austria
- 3 works
Albertina
Palais Erzherzog Albrecht, Austria
Joan Miró prints
Hand-finished archival prints from Joan Miró's body of work.
🇨🇦 Canada
1 museum
- 6 works
collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada
🇫🇷 France
2 museums
- 14 works
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
- 3 works
Fondation Maeght
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
🇩🇪 Germany
1 museum
- 6 works
Neue Nationalgalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie, Germany
🇮🇱 Israel
1 museum
- 8 works
Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
🇮🇹 Italy
1 museum
- 3 works
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Dorsoduro, Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1 museum
- 5 works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen - Robbrecht & Daem wing, Netherlands
Main building closed for renovation until 2029; Depot open Tue–Sun 11:00–17:00Depot €20 adultsEendrachtsplein (Tram 7, 8)Confirm on museum website before visiting.
🇪🇸 Spain
3 museums
- 112 works
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain
- 51 works
Fundació Joan Miró
Edifici de la Fundació Joan Miró, Spain
Also here - 5 works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Palace of Villahermosa, Spain
🇸🇪 Sweden
1 museum
- 2 works
Moderna Museet
Skeppsholmen, Sweden
🇨🇭 Switzerland
2 museums
- 7 works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
- 6 works
Beyeler Foundation
Riehen, Switzerland
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2 museums
- 6 works
Tate
Tate Britain, United Kingdom
Daily 10:00–18:00Free (permanent collection)Pimlico (Britain) / Southwark (Modern) (Victoria / Jubilee)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 5 works
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
🇺🇸 United States
15 museums
- 523 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00, Sun 11:00–18:00FreeArchives – Navy Memorial (Green & Yellow)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 26 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
Daily 10:30–17:30 (Sat until 19:00; first Fri of month until 20:00)Adults $30, students $17Fifth Av / 53 St (E, M)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 19 works
Vanderbilt Museum of Art
Nashville, United States
- 17 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
Sun–Tue, Thu 10:00–17:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–21:00; closed WedAdults $30, students $17 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents)86 St (4, 5, 6)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 13 works
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
- 10 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
- 7 works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Upper East Side, United States
- 6 works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
- 6 works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
- 4 works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
- 3 works
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Swartwout Building, United States
Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00, Sun 13:00–17:00; closed MonFreeNew Haven Union Station (Metro-North New Haven Line)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 3 works
Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia, United States
- 3 works
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
- 2 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Midtown Detroit, United States
- 2 works
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Danforth Campus, United States
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See all Joan Miró prints →Frequently Asked Questions
When did joan miro became famous?
Joan Miró Ferra was born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893. At the age of fourteen he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja, the academy of fine arts in the same city.Why is joan miro famous?
Joan Miró was the best pure painter among the Surrealists. His art is a free, lyrical mixture of folk tales, eroticism, sardonic humour, farmhouse scat-talk, and grotesque absurdity.Is joan miro abstract?
The relationship between Joan Miró's painting and nature has not been clarified. Some painters do not want their abstract paintings to suggest a literal scene.Was joan miro a surrealist?
Joan Miró fell in with the Surrealists in Paris in 1920. André Breton called him 'the most Surrealist of us all'.Joan miro artwork style?
Joan Miró's style drew on automatism. He also invented a vocabulary of signs and symbols to free the unconscious mind.What was joan miro art style?
Joan Miró developed a style that sprang from his own feelings, drawing on automatism. Closely associated with Surrealism, Joan Miró i Ferrà invented a vocabulary of signs and symbols to free the unconscious mind.Joan miro paintings style?
In 1925, Joan Miró's work took a decisive turn, stimulated by hunger-induced hallucinations involving his impressions of poetry. These resulted in the artist's 'dream paintings'.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Joan Miró's works across the following collections.
- [1] book guggenheim-guhe00solo Used for: biography.
- [2] book guggenheim-handboo00pegg Used for: biography.
- [3] book Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New, 1980 Used for: biography.
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