Guggenheim Museum, New York) appears alongside a spiral, while the dog in Perro ladrándole a la luna is positioned next to a ladder, which also occurs in Paysage (Paysage au coq). Thus, the hare at the centre of the painting with a homonymous title (1926, Solomon R. In these pieces, the most popular of which is Perro ladrándole a la luna (Dog Barking at the Moon, 1926, Philadelphia Museum of Art), which employed another Surrealist technique, reflective disorientation, Miró introduced animals in reference to rural life in Catalonia, together with seemingly strange objects. In 1926, in what was a new shift, the painter impressed another turn on to his Mont-roig-inspired representations thus giving rise to his so-called “animated landscapes”, in which the Surrealist technique of automatism took on a prominent role. The result of his proximity to the earth and Catalan landscapes would result in a series of works, in which La masía (The Farm, 1921-22, National Gallery of Art, Washington) stands out an emblematic painting considered a key work in the so-called detallista (meticulous, precise) period of its creator.ĭuring the 1924–25 Biennale, the attention to detail with which Miró appeared to dissect each element in the landscape and farming community of his country transmuted into symbols close to abstraction, emblems, in turn, of Catalan nationalism. Miró himself recognised the strong ties to the Catalan countryside and its people almost twenty years later when, settled in the French capital, he admitted in an interview: “I’m much happier with the farmers of Mont-roig than I am among the duchesses and large palaces in Paris.” (F. While there, the direct contact with nature would determine a large part of his early creations and also served as a starting point for his mature style. ![]() ![]() In 1911, Miró, eighteen years old at the time, spent a period of convalescence in the country house his parents owned in Mont-roig, a town near Tarragona and the place he would subsequently return to on a number of occasions.
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