Joan Miró i Ferrà (Barcelona, ​​April 20, 1893-Palma de Mallorca, December 25, 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker and ceramicist. In his works he reflected his interest in the subconscious, in the “childish” and in the culture and traditions of Catalonia.

Although he is associated with abstract art for his mature style of stylized and imaginary forms, in his youth he began in figuration, with strong Fauvist, Cubist and Expressionist influences, moving to a flat painting with a certain naïve air, as is his acquaintance painting La Masía from the year 1920. From his stay in Paris, his work became more fanciful and dreamlike, coinciding with the points of surrealism and joining this movement.

In numerous interviews and writings dating from the 1930s , Miró expressed his desire to abandon conventional methods of painting, in his own words of “killing, assassinating or raping them”, in order to favor a form of expression that was contemporary, and not wanting to bow to their demands and aesthetics even with his commitments to the surrealists. One of his great projects was the creation in 1975 of the Joan Miró Foundation, located in Barcelona, ​​a cultural and artistic center to disseminate new trends in contemporary art, which was established with a large collection of works donated by the author. Other places with important funds from his works are: the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation, in Palma de Mallorca; the Reina Sofía Museum and the Espacio Miró in Madrid; the Pompidou Center, in Paris; the MOMA, in New York and the Mas Miró Foundation, in Montroig, where he spent most of his summers.