Joan Miro was a Spanish painter a sculptor a nd ceramist He was a Surrealist Artist Surrealist artists wanted to free their minds of rational thought Their paintings look like a dream pairing a reallife creature in an unnatural state Such as in Woman ID: 626400
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Joan Miro1893-1983Barcelona, SpainSlide2
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter…Slide3
a
sculptorSlide4
and ceramist.Slide5
He was a Surrealist Artist.Surrealist artists
wanted to free their minds of rational
thought. Their paintings look like a dream; pairing a real-life creature in an unnatural state. (Such as in, “Woman
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n Front of Sun”.)
Some works just contained imaginary creatures.
“Woman in Front of Sun”Slide6
“Le Coq” (The Rooster)Slide7
“Hand Catching a Bird”Slide8
“Obra”Slide9
“Swallow Love”Slide10
“May 1964”
During his lifetime, Miro produced over 2,000 oil paintings, 500 sculptures, 400 ceramics, 5,000 collages/drawings and 3,500 lithographs and etchings.Slide11
What is one thing that you learned today about Joan Miro?Slide12
Dreamlike Art (Surrealism)Using a black sharpie, draw a line that loops and twists over your paper.Look at your paper and see if you recognize, or imagine anything in your design
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You will add paint color to parts of the loops without covering the whole page in color.
Remember to add very little water to your paper and paints, only enough to make the colors deep and vibrant. Slide13
(Example using oil pastels instead of watercolor paints.)Slide14
Example done in watercolors by an adult.