| Born: | April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain |
| Died: | December 25, 1983 in Mallorca, Spain |
| "Las Persontage Para l'Astres" | |
| "Personages With Stars" | 1933, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 237 |
| Others at AIC: | "Two Philosophers", 1936, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 237 |
| "Untitled", 1924, Crayon, Brush, Brown Ink, and Watercolor on Incised Ivory Paper, Gallery 236 | |
| (and more) | |
| Painting: | Simple, dark colors are used with clean lines to make abstract shapes resembling people and stars |
| Style/Period: | Surrealism; Subconscious represented with free shapes without the control of reason ("psychic automatism") |
| Education: | Galí School of Art, Barcelona, 1912-1915 |
| Influences: | Fauves - Use of bright, pure colors |
| Cubism - Free use of geometry, not bound by one perspective | |
| Catalan Folk Art - Inspired use of two dimensional, flat shapes | |
| Surrealist Poetry - Attempted to recreate the irrational in images | |
| Contributions: | Grattage - He helped Max Ernst develop the technique of removing paint from his canvases with a trowel |
| Twisted and Distorted Shapes - Playfully used abstract fantasy shapes from his imagination | |
| Amoebic Shapes Mixed With Sharp Lines - Combined these two contrasts freely | |
| Child-like Forms - Simple forms reminiscent of the drawings of children | |
| Museum: | Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain |
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