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The 25 artworks by Joan Miró our visitors ask for most, ranked by popularity and presented one by one, with the specification and the price of each hand-painted reproduction.

Edition 2026 · 25 artworks Each artwork painted to order
Linen canvas · Certificate of authenticity · Delivered worldwide Joan Miró · 1893 – 1983

Ciphers and Constellations, in Love with a Woman, 1941, Joan Miró

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1941 · Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · original 46 x 38 cm

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Popularity: No. 1 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró- Catalan Landscape (The Hunter)

1924 · MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City · original 65 x 100 cm

Explore Joan Miró’s ‘Catalan Landscape (The Hunter)’ – a surrealist masterpiece! Discover its symbolic forms, vibrant colors & unique blend of figuration & abstraction. A captivating artwork for art lovers.

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Popularity: No. 2 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Farm

1922 · original 132 x 147 cm

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Popularity: No. 3 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró: Still Life with Old Shoe

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1937 · MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City · original 81 x 117 cm

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Technique: Hand-painted oil on linen canvas
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Popularity: No. 4 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Dutch Interior I (1928)

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1928 · MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City · original 92 x 73 cm

Explore Joan Miró’s ‘Dutch Interior I,’ a vibrant 1928 abstract surrealist masterpiece! Featuring playful animals & bold colors, this dynamic artwork evokes joy & creativity.

Technique: Hand-painted oil on linen canvas
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Popularity: No. 5 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Siesta, Joan Miró

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1925 · original 113 x 144 cm

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Popularity: No. 6 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró: Blue II

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1961 · original 270 x 355 cm

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Popularity: No. 7 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró, Painting (1933)

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1933 · Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona · original 130 x 163 cm

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Popularity: No. 8 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Seated Woman II – catalogue record by Joan Miró

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1938 · The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice · original 162 x 130 cm

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Popularity: No. 9 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Self-Portrait, 1917, Joan Miró

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1917 · original 61 x 50 cm

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Popularity: No. 10 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Harlequin's Carnival, 1925, Joan Miró

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1925 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo · original 66 x 93 cm

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Popularity: No. 11 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Birth of the World by Joan Miró, 1925

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1925 · MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City · original 251 x 200 cm

Explore Joan Miró’s ‘The Birth of the World’ (1925). A surrealist masterpiece blending abstract forms & symbolic elements. Discover its unique technique & captivating visual narrative.

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Popularity: No. 12 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró: The Family

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1924 · MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Discover Joan Miró’s ‘The Family’ (1924). A surreal masterpiece blending symbolism & abstract forms. Explore its intricate lines, dreamlike atmosphere & lasting legacy.

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Popularity: No. 13 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Tilled Field – catalogue record

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1924 · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City · original 66 x 92 cm

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Popularity: No. 14 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird by Joan Miró, 1941

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1941

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Technique: Hand-painted oil on linen canvas
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Popularity: No. 15 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Prades, the Village (1917)

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1917 · original 65 x 72 cm

Joan Miró’s “Prades, the Village,” created in 1917, stands as an early exploration of form and color—a pivotal piece blending Cubism and Fauvism. Its bold hues and fractured perspective capture village life with Surrealist undertones. Part of the Guggenheim Museum's collection, this artwork embodies Miró’s innovative style and Catalan heritage.

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Popularity: No. 16 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Self Portrait II by Joan Miró

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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Experience the vibrant Surrealist Expressionism of Joan Miró's Self Portrait II, a dreamlike 1960s abstraction of cosmic symbols and bold colors that invites you to bring his imaginative world into your own collection.

Technique: Hand-painted oil on linen canvas
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Popularity: No. 17 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Smile of the Flamboyant Wings – catalogue record by Joan Miró

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1953

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Popularity: No. 18 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Ubu roi

Dive into Joan Miró's surrealist masterpiece, Ubu Roi! This vibrant abstract painting explodes with biomorphic forms and Catalan folklore, reflecting the artist’s subconscious vision. Explore its interpretation & influence on modern art.

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Popularity: No. 19 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Poetess (1940)

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1940

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Popularity: No. 20 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró, RED DISC IN PURSUIT OF A LARK (1953)

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1953 · original 129 x 96 cm

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Popularity: No. 21 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Nude with Mirror by Joan Miró

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1919 · original 112 x 102 cm

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Popularity: No. 22 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró: BLUE I

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1961 · Centre Pompidou, Paris

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Popularity: No. 23 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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Joan Miró: Painting

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1936 · Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

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Popularity: No. 24 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The Gold of the Azure – catalogue record

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1967 · original 205 x 173 cm

‘The Gold of the Azure’ by Joan Miró is an Abstract Expressionist painting characterized by its dominant yellow background and intricate circular forms symbolizing cosmic wonder. Explore this iconic artwork at WikiArt!

Technique: Hand-painted oil on linen canvas
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Popularity: No. 25 of 428 artworks by Joan Miró
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The artist

Joan Miró

1893 – 1983

Quick facts

Also known asJoan Miró i Ferrà, Joan Miró Ferra, Miluo, Miro, Jean Miró
Vibecalm
NationalitySpain
Best occasionsaccent, statement
Color intensityvivid, balanced
Copyright statusUnder copyright
Gift suitabilitybirthday, wedding, anniversary
Works on APS428

Biography

The Life and Art of Joan Miró

Barcelona, April 20, 1893. Joan Miró i Ferrà enters a world of precision and gears, born into a family of watchmakers. This early environment provides a backdrop of meticulous craftsmanship that persists through his evolution as a painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He moves through the decades not by following a set path, but by constantly shifting his focus, eventually becoming a central figure in the development of Surrealism and Abstract Art.

His creative output resists easy categorization. While many attempt to pin him to a single movement, Miró remains fiercely independent, often expressing a desire to overturn established aesthetic hierarchies. He works with a restless energy, experimenting across various media to capture the subconscious. His practice is a constant tension between the organic and the geometric, the dreamlike and the tangible. By the time he passes away on December 25, 1983, he has left behind a visual language that challenges the very definition of artistic expression.

Early Life, Family and Training

Barcelona, 1893. The foundations of Joan Miró’s visual language begin in the Catalan capital. His early years are marked by a dual existence. At fourteen, he enters business school, a pragmatic path that runs parallel to his burgeoning creative impulses. He does not choose between commerce and art; he pursues both. While studying business, he concurrently enrolls in art classes at the Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales y Bellas Artes.

The momentum builds. By 1911, Miró is already stepping into the public eye, exhibiting his first painting at the sixth Exposición Internacional de Arte in Barcelona. This early exposure marks a departure from the classroom and into the professional sphere. His formal training deepens between 1912 and 1915, as he studies under Francesc Galí at the Escola d’Art. These years of rigorous instruction provide the technical scaffolding for the radical departures that follow.

The Formative Years in Paris

Paris, 1920. The city pulls him in. Miró arrives in the French capital, a space where the tension between the currents of modernism and his own Catalan identity begins to pull at his creative core. He moves through these streets, encountering the presence of artists like Pablo Picasso. This is a period of intense friction and experimentation. He is not merely absorbing styles; he is navigating the space between the avant-garde and the roots of his own landscape.

The political climate shifts. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War forces a change in his geography. He finds himself living in involuntary exile in France until mid-1940. This period of displacement marks a departure from his earlier, more settled explorations. Between 1937 and early 1938, the work undergoes a sudden, sharp transformation. He produces two paintings that are stylistically unique, breaking away from his established patterns to create something entirely different from his previous output.

Technique and Unique Artistic Style

Miró rejects the safety of established methods. He views conventional painting as a tool for bourgeois society, an approach he seeks to dismantle through a restless, iconoclastic practice. His work often defies easy classification, frequently interpreted as Surrealist but driven by a deeply personal style that resists any single "ism." He moves through media with a feverish energy, experimenting with painting, pastel, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, collage, muralism, and tapestry. This versatility allows him to escape the constraints of traditional representation.

His biomorphic paintings emerge through rough shapes and objects that remain only marginally recognizable. There is a tension in these forms, a sense of the subconscious rendered through a unique pictorial idiom. He utilizes acrylic to build luminous, textured surfaces that give his compositions a physical presence. The shapes do not merely sit on the canvas; they exist in a state of flux, often appearing as glyphs or symbols that bridge the gap between the seen and the imagined.

Key Works and Major Masterpieces

The shift toward a personal, symbolic language finds its anchor in The Farm. This work marks a departure from his earlier training, acting as a cornerstone of his oeuvre by grounding his evolving abstraction in the reality of the Catalan landscape. By 1924, this connection to the earth intensified in The Tilled Field, where the boundaries between the physical world and the subconscious begin to blur. The imagery moves away from traditional representation toward a private, coded vocabulary.

In 1925, The Birth of the World emerges, signaling a move into a more fluid, primordial space. Here, the canvas becomes a site for spontaneous creation, where shapes seem to coalesce from nothingness. This experimentation with the origins of form continues through his later years. In 1967, The wing of the lark ... demonstrates a continued mastery of his unique visual language, maintaining a sense of movement and poetic suggestion even as his style matured.

His public presence also manifested in large-scale, monumental works. Dona i Ocell stands as a significant symbol of Catalan liberation, utilizing mosaic and irregular contours to claim space within the urban environment. This work bridges the gap between his intimate, dreamlike paintings and the public, architectural scale of his later vision.

The Farm
The Tilled Field (1924)
The Birth of the World (1925)
The wing of the lark ... (1967)
Dona i Ocell

Legacy and Enduring Influence

The passing of Miró at age 90 marks the end of an era; he was widely regarded as the last of the modernist stars. His restless, iconoclastic approach to the canvas did more than just challenge aesthetic hierarchies. By stripping forms to their essence, his work paved the way for abstract expressionism. His unique personages—those idiosyncratic, symbolic figures—left a mark on the trajectory of modern art, influencing later artists such as Robert Motherwell and Louise Bourgeois.

His commitment to the future of art took physical form through the institutions he established to foster experimentation. In 1975, he founded the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. This was followed by the establishment of the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma de Mallorca in 1981. These spaces ensure his influence remains active, moving beyond the static display of objects to serve as centers for contemporary exploration.

Where to See the Works Today

The most concentrated encounter with his creative output occurs on the Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, Spain. Here, the Fundació Joan Miró preserves a massive collection of over 10,000 artworks. The museum environment, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, allows the viewer to move through terraces and courtyards that mirror the artist's own organic approach to space. It remains the primary site for studying the evolution of his visual language.

Beyond Spain, his presence is felt in the major institutional hubs of the art world. In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art holds several of his works, while the Metropolitan Museum of Art also maintains pieces in its permanent collection. These collections offer a window into how his specific brand of abstraction and symbolism integrated into the broader narrative of modernism. In Paris, the Centre Pompidou provides another essential location to observe his influence on the European avant-garde.

Questions & Answers

What moods do Joan Miró's artworks express?

The Mood Room of Joan Miró is a page that arranges the artist's artworks by mood.

How do I find works by Joan Miró on a specific theme?

The By Keywords page of Joan Miró groups the artist's artworks by their keywords.

What other names is Joan Miró known by?

Joan Miró is also known as Joan Miró i Ferrà, Joan Miró Ferra, Miluo, Miro, Jean Miró.

By the WikiOO.org Editorial Team Updated Oct. 12, 2026

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