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Fundació Joan Miró
This superb tribute to a man whose legacy as an artist and as a Catalan is
visible city-wide was founded in 1975 by Joan Miró himself, who wanted it to be
a contemporary arts centre. The museum holds more than 11,000 examples of
the artist's colourful paintings, sketches and sculptures. The 400 or so on display
trace Miró's development from an innovative Surrealist phase in the 1920s to
his place as one of the world's most challenging masters in the 1960s.
Top 10 Works of Art
1
Tapis de la Fundaciò
(1979)
2
L'Estel Matinal
(1940)
3
Pagès Català al Cla de Lluna
(1968)
4
Home i Dona Davant un Munt
d'Excrement
(1935)
5 Sèrie Barcelona (1944)
6
Font de Mercuri
(1937)
7 Sculpture Room
8 Terrace Garden
9 Visiting Exhibitions
0 Espai 13
Façade, Fundació Joan Miró
The restaurant-
café here is one of
the best dining
options in the
area
(see p93)
.
!
Tapis de la Fundació
In summer, live
experimental music
is showcased in the
Fundació auditorium,
usually on Thursday
nights.
This immense, richly-
coloured tapestry
(right)
represents the culmination
of Miró's work with textiles,
which began in the 1970s.
@
L'Estel Matinal
The gift shop has
an original range of
Miróesque curiosities,
from tablecloths to
champagne glasses.
This is the only one of 23
paintings on paper known as the
Constellation Series
held by the
Fundació. The
Morning Star's
introspective quality reflects
Miró's state of mind at the out-
break of World War II, when he
was living in hiding in Normandy.
Spindly shapes of birds, women
and heavenly bodies are suspend-
ed in front of an empty space.
£
Pagès Català
• Av Miramar,
Parc de Montjuïc
• Map B4
•
93 443 94 70
• www.bcn.fjmiro.es
•
Metro to Paral·lel,
then funicular; or metro
to Pl. Espanya, then
bus 61; or buses 50 or
55 from the city centre
• Open: 10am-7pm Tue,
Wed, Fri & Sat (until
8pm Jul-Sep)
10am-9:30pm Thu,
10am-2:30pm Sun
• Adm: €8 (complete
collection), con €6;
€4 (temporary
exhibitions) • DA
al Cla de Lluna
The figurative
painting
Catalan
Peasant by Moonlight
(left
) dates from the
late 1960s and
depicts two of Miró's
favourite themes:
earth and night. The
figure of the peasant,
a simple collage of
colour, is barely
decipherable, as
the crescent moon
merges with his
sickle and the night
sky takes on the
rich green tones
of earth.
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For more on contemporary Catalan art, visit MACBA
See pp28-9
