On this day, 132 years ago, on April 20, 1893 (March 5, 1893 in the lunar calendar), Spanish surrealist painter and sculptor Juan Miro was born. Juan Miro Juan Miro (April 20, 1893-December 25, 1983, 126 years ago) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, pottery artist, printmaker, and a representative of Surrealism. Juan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1893, the son of a goldsmith and jeweler. When he was 14 years old (1907), he entered the St. Luke Academy of Art in Barcelona. In his early years, he came into contact with the works of many avant-garde artists, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Matisse, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Rousseau, etc., and also tried the expression methods of Fauvism, Cubism, and Dadaite. Gradually formed an artistic style that belongs entirely to its own. Of course, this success also benefited from the beautiful natural environment and profound cultural and artistic traditions of his hometown. Miro's art is free and lyrical. His paintings often do not have any clear and specific shapes, but only some lines, some shaped embryos, and some accidental shapes similar to children's graffiti period. The color is very simple, red, yellow, green, blue, black, and white, which are painted flat into individual color blocks on the screen. It seems that these paintings are free, light and unfettered. But if you think they are accomplished casually, you are wrong. They are actually the result of the artist's combination of free fantasy and thoughtful consideration. As Miro himself put it,"When I paint, the painting will begin to express itself under my pen, or imply to myself that while I work, the form becomes a symbol of a woman or a bird... The first stage is free, subconscious." However,"the second stage is to calculate carefully." Therefore, although Miro's paintings are innocent and simple, as if they were made by children, they do not have the childish feeling of children's paintings. They are smooth and lively after careful consideration. His representatives created two pottery wall works-the Wall of the Sun and the Moon-created between 1957 and 1959. The composition of the work "Naked Girl" and the work "Dog Barking at the Moon" is relatively simple: a moon, a dog, a ladder and the obvious dividing lines between heaven and earth make up the entire work. The ladder in the painting violates the realism school's focus on object size, fully highlighting the wish in the heart of the dog barking at the moon-to climb to the bright moon through a ladder. This kind of expression not only embodies the desires in the heart of the object, but also adds a bit of beauty. The seemingly simple painting of a child actually depicts a painting full of imagery, which was rated as one of the top ten abstract paintings in the world in 1943. Extended reading: Miro's paintings look similar to children's doodles. Why is he a master? Extended reading: Miro's paintings look similar to children's doodles. Why is he a master? Christie's is about to hold its annual surrealist evening auction in London, and the most eye-catching auction is Juan? Miro's classic work "The feathered bird flies to the silver tree". Juan Miro On February 4, Christie's will hold its annual surrealist evening auction in London. The most eye-catching auction is Juan? Miro's classic work "L'Oiseauplumagedé ployévolversl 'arbregenté) is an important representative work of Miro's artistic creation development in the early 1950s. The work is estimated at £ 7 million to £ 9 million. The work "Feathered Birds Flying to Silver Trees" was created in 1953. Juan Miró (1893-1983) is a Spanish painter, sculptor, pottery artist, and printmaker. At the same time, he is also a representative figure of Surrealism, and is as famous as Picasso and Dali as the "20th Century Surrealist Painting Master". For Chinese people, there is a special feature of Miro's paintings, which is the mysterious word "rice". For example, there are three places in "The Feathered Bird Flying to the Silver Tree". This is indeed a coincidence, but it is not Miro's Chinese signature. According to Yin Shula, curator and artist of Zhejiang Art Museum, this symbol similar to the word "meter" actually represents stars. In 1939, Miro began to create his well-known "Constellation" series of works. In those paintings, there are many small origins like stars, and many thin lines connect these stars together to form a network of stars. Therefore, people call Miro the "Star Painter." From then on, the word "m" became Miro's "registered trademark". The symbol of the word "m" can be found in many of his later works. In particular, his sculptures often use the word "m" as signatures, and some even deliberately hide it in inconspicuous corners. Let's first understand Miro's artistic style and development. In his early years, Miro began to come into contact with the works of avant-garde artists such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and Rousseau. He tried the expression techniques of Fauvism, Cubism, and Dadaism, and finally gradually formed his own surrealist art. style. In the mid-1920s, Miro carried out some difficult exploration of painting from the complexity of "Harquin's Carnival" to the simplicity of "The Dog Barks on the Moon" and "A Man Throwing a Bird a Stone". The work "Harquin's Carnival" was created from 1924 to 1925."Harquin's Carnival" is Miro's first surrealist work: a fanatical gathering is held in a strange space, and it seems that someone is wearing a rather elegant beard, holding a long pipe, gazing sadly at the viewer, surrounded by various happy beasts, small animals, and organisms. These combinations, which have no particular symbolic significance, fully depict a glorious dreamy scene. As we all know, Miro's works often do not have clear and specific "shapes", but only some lines, some shaped embryos and child-like graffiti. The color structure of the work is also relatively simple: red, yellow, green, blue, black, and white are painted flat into individual color blocks on the screen. These paintings, which seem to be free, light and unrestrained, are actually Miro's "pictures" after careful consideration and free fantasy. Yin Shula, curator of the Zhejiang Art Museum, once explained that Miro's paintings look casual, with simple lines and simple colors, as if even children can paint them. But in fact, he has his own system, and he does not do whatever he wants when he creates. He not only has the illusion of freedom, but also has careful consideration. As Miro himself said: "When I paint, the painting will begin to express itself in my pen, or imply to myself that while I work, the form becomes a symbol of a woman or a bird... The first stage is free and subconscious. The second stage is to calculate carefully." Therefore, although Miro's seemingly simple and innocent, as if they were made by children, they do not have the childish feeling of children's paintings. According to research by identification experts, Miro's work is one of the most difficult to fake in the world. Yin Shula said that many people usually feel that they can't understand paintings, but after reading Miro's paintings, they will feel that I can do this kind of painting, or I have had it in my life. As a result, painting will become a part of our lives, just as natural as drinking water and combing our hair. The work "Latigedelafleurrougepousversslalune" was auctioned at Christie's in London in 2013. Click on the video below to follow Giovana Potazzoni, director of Christie's Impressionism and Modern Art Department, to learn more about the creation of this painting: The work "Leserpentàcoquelicots" In May 2014, Miro's work "Leserpentàcoquelicots" was auctioned at Christie's. Click on the video below to analyze Miro with Conor Jordan, Vice Chairman of Christie's in New York: In the auction market, Miro's auction record has continued to rise. In December 2007, Miro's work "Peinture, 1927" was sold at an auction house in Paris for approximately £ 8.68 million, setting the highest auction record for an artist at that time; in February 2012, Miro's work "Painting Poem, 1925" was sold at Christie's for £ 15 million, once again setting a new record for the auction of an artist's work. In June 2012, Miro's "Blue Star" was auctioned again at Sotheby's London auction house, and finally sold for 23.56125 million pounds (equivalent to 36.946,396 million US dollars, equivalent to 29.260,764 million euros). Once again, the auction record set by Miro four months ago was three times the transaction price when it was auctioned in 2007. Among the top ten auctions of Christie's works from the 1920s, Miro's works "Blue Star" and "Painting-Poetry" ranked first and fourth respectively on the list. In addition to painting, Miro also dabbled in other fields, such as etching, lithography, watercolor, crayons, collage, etc. His ceramic carvings are particularly famous, such as the two huge ceramic murals in the UNESCO building in Paris, two pottery wall works created between 1957 and 1959-the Wall of the Sun and the Moon. "The Wall of the Sun","The Wall of the Moon" and "PersonnageOiseaux" are the only glass mosaic murals in Miro. They were created from 1972 to 1978.