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A SPECTACULAR CELEBRATION OF AN ARTIST'S LIFE,
This review is from: Roots of Miro (Hardcover)
Over 1,200 sketches and preparatory studies that the great Catalan artist Joan Miro rendered have been reproduced, analyzed and presented in chronological order in what is surely the most comprehensive collection of the artist's work. Born near Barcelona in 1893, the artist's centenary was celebrated with a magnificent exhibition at that city's Miro Foundation. Today, if you have an opportunity to visit, there is still a great deal to enjoy. One of the most imaginative and colorful of the Surrealist painters, Miro's canvases may both beguile and puzzle. Picasso once said that you would live with Miro for years on end without learning the first thing about him. Thanks to the staggering scholarship so evident in this masterful volume, Miro aficionados will see the development of his work as it has never been seen before. With 285 full-color illustrations and 1,276 in black and white, we are bequeathed the unparalleled opportunity of following the artist's hand from vision to preliminary sketch to canvas. An appendix is dedicated to the sculptures executed by Miro in the postwar years. Completing the volume is an extensive catalogue. "The Roots of Miro" is a splendid examination, a spectacular celebration of his life and oeuvre. Few artists used color and imagery as did Miro. Few books would be fitting tribute - this one is. - Gail Cooke |
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Roots of Miro by Pere Gimferrer (Hardcover - July 15, 1993)
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