Joan Miró
The Life and Art of Joan Miró Barcelona, April 20, 1893. Joan Miró i Ferrà enters a world of precision and gears, born into a family of watchmakers. This early environment provides a backdrop of meticulous craftsmanship that persists through his evolution as a painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He moves through the decades not by following a set path, but by constantly shifting his focus, eventually becoming a central figure in the development of Surrealism and Abstract Art. His creative output resists easy categorization. While many attempt to pin him to a single movement, Miró remains fie…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Joan Miró's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.