Biography
André Breton called him “the most Surrealist of us all”, yet Joan Miró was not a member of the group. A peerless figure of modern art, adamant in his pictorial research, Miró claimed absolute liberty from any norm – Cubist, Surrealist, Abstract – that might have constrained his singular expressions as a painter, sculptor, ceramist, engraver, and designer for the theatre.
Since the early 1970s, large retrospectives have been dedicated to him in New York, London, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Washington, D.C., Zurich, and Tokyo. Galerie Lelong has a long history of exhibiting Miró’s work; it is the publisher of a complete catalogue raisonné of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and ceramics. Jacques Dupin, poet and co-founder of the Galerie Lelong, was a lifelong friend and world-leading connoisseur of Miró’s art.
Major museums worldwide have collected Miró’s work. Two foundations bear his name: the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, and the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma. In 2018, the Grand Palais in Paris dedicated to Miró his largest retrospective to date.
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