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Born in 1893, Joan Miro was a famous Spanish Catalan artist. He would go on to sculpt, paint, and create ceramics. Born in the seaport city of Barcelona, much of his work was influenced by the scenic seaside town and the distinct style that he found in the area. His father was a watchmaker and his mother worked as a goldsmith, exposing him to the arts from a young age in the home. Some of the work that has been recovered stems back to 1901, when Joan Miro was only 8 years old.
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 favor of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.
