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Joan Miró

Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1935

Born

Joan Miró i Ferrà


(1893-04-20)20 April 1893

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Died25 December 1983(1983-12-25) (aged 90)

Palma, Mallorca, Spain

EducationEscola de Belles Arts de la Lotja and Escola d'Arte de Francesc Galí, Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, 1907–1913
Known forPainting, sculpture, mural and ceramics
MovementSurrealism
Spouse(s)

Pilar Juncosa Iglésias

(m.1929)​
Awards
  • 1954 Venice Biennale Grand Prize for Graphic Work
  • 1958 Guggenheim International Award
  • 1980 Gold Medal of Fine Arts, Spain
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Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanishpainter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.

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