Miró, Joan

Joan Miró was a versatile artist; he was a painter, poet, sculptor and much more. In his long artistic life, he created more than 500 sculptures. The artist’s characteristic style, both in painting and in fine art, was defined by strong colors and simplified forms, which often also contained erotic elements. The recurring magical symbols in his works are the moon, stars, bird, eye and woman.

Miró’s colorful ceramic walls can be found at the UNESCO building in Paris and at the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, among others. His 12-metre-high sculpture in Chicago and the huge figure “Dona I Ocell” (Woman and Bird) in his native city of Barcelona are famous, too. This is also home to the Miró Museum, which today contains by far the largest collection of the artist’s works. On the museum’s roof terrace, you can admire his colorful sculptures and take in the view of the city at the same time.