Miró, Joan
(1893–1983)
Miró (i Ferra), JoanMiró, (i Ferra) Joan(i Ferra) Joan Miró (B * MONTROIG (BARCELONA), 1893 – D † PALMA DE MALLORCA, 1983) Spanish painter famed for his surreal abstract paintings. He developed a private language of shapes and colors that symbolize different aspects of the unconscious. His work is characterized by the dreamlike non-linearity of its contents, one of the principal qualities of Surrealism.