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Joan Miró, Painting, 1949

SKU:  195415

Joan Miró, Painting, 1949

€58,31 EUR
€58,31 EUR
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Painting reflects Joan Miró’s mature postwar style, in which his visual language became increasingly refined, spontaneous, and cosmically symbolic. Created in 1949, the work belongs to a period when Miró was internationally recognized and deeply engaged with themes of freedom, imagination, and renewal following the devastation of World War II and the continued repression of Spain under Francisco Franco.

During the late 1940s, Miró expanded the dreamlike vocabulary he had developed in earlier decades. In Painting, biomorphic figures, floating symbols, stars, eyes, birds, and abstract signs often interact across an open field of color. His compositions from this period frequently balance spontaneity with careful structure, creating works that feel playful yet highly controlled.

Miró’s line becomes especially important in this era. Thin black contours move across the surface like calligraphy, connecting shapes while creating rhythm and movement. Bold accents of red, blue, yellow, green, and black punctuate the composition, drawing attention to symbolic forms that appear both primitive and cosmic.

The painting often suggests an imaginative universe where human figures, animals, celestial bodies, and abstract signs coexist. Rather than offering a fixed narrative, Miró invites viewers to interpret these symbols freely through intuition and emotion.

By 1949, Miró was also increasingly interested in ceramics, printmaking, and monumental public art, influences that contributed to the bold simplicity of his painted forms. Painting demonstrates his ability to combine childlike spontaneity with sophisticated abstraction, creating a work that feels joyful, mysterious,

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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