Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.
Afbeelding: Joan Miro
"Dona i ocell" ("Woman and Bird")
Artist: Joan Miró, in collaboration with Gardy Artigas. Date: 1982. Size: 22 meters high. Location: Parc Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain. Picture found on Wikipedia.