View Joan Miro Paintings The Farm Background. It depicts a traditional masía (catalan: The painting is a compendium 1 provenance from carolyn lanchner, joan miró, exh.
Mas), essentially a familial farming compound commonly found throughout catalonia. Widely considered one of the leading surrealists, though never officially part of the group, miró pioneered a wandering linear style of automatism—a. Paintings by joan miró in chronological order.
© successió miró/adagp, paris and dacs, london 2011/ tate modern © miró explained the detail of the painting in the following terms to one viewer:
Miro's father was a jeweler and watchmaker. And when joan declared his desire to become an artist, his father did not resist, but still, being a serious person, he insisted on getting a real education. Portrait 1938, reproduction oil painting original hand painted by joan miro. Portrait of a young girl, c.1915.