Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Joan Miró
Skal Club Barcelona en homenatge a
Joan Miró
En el Centenari del seu Naixement
Barcelona 20 d’abril
1893 1993
Skal Club Barcelona pays homage to
Joan Miró
On the centenary of his birth
Barcelona April 20
1893 1993
Erected 1993 by Skal Club Barcelona.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical date for this entry is April 20, 1893.
Location. 41° 22.925′ N, 2° 10.586′ E. Marker is in Barcelona, Cataluña (Catalonia). It is in the Gothic Quarter. Marker is at the intersection of Carrer de Ferran and Carrer de l'Ensenyanca, on the right when traveling north on Carrer de Ferran. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Carrer de Ferran 40-42, Barcelona, Cataluña 08002, Spain. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Gustau A. Muñoz (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de Call (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de L'Arc de San Ramon del Call (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de Sant Domènec (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Rabbi Samuel Ha-Sardi Stone (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); El Call: Els Quatre Cantons del Call (about 90 meters away); El Call: Carrer de Sant Honorat (about 90 meters away); El Call: Placeta de Manuel Ribé (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barcelona.
Also see . . . Joan Miró at Wikipedia.
Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. Professionally, he was simply known as Joan Miró. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma in 1981. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism but with a personal style, sometimes also veering into Fauvism and Expressionism. He was notable for his interest in the unconscious or the subconscious mind, reflected in his re-creation of the childlike. His difficult-to-classify works also had a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.(Submitted on September 1, 2023.)
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