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Waves and gulls detail from The Hunter The Hunter: Between Dreams and RealityĪt the crux of The Hunter (Catalan Landscape) and understanding Miró’s painting lies his desire to challenge the traditions of painting and the bourgeois connotations it held at the time. Miró applies color in a thin fresco like sheen and the whimsical quality of his lines enhances the surrealism of the scene. In the lower right hand corner the letters “SARD” are inscribed in cursive writing. A number of geometric shapes and symbols such as flames, flags, a pipe, birds and an eye float around the canvas, linked by Miró’s delicate wandering lines. The canvas is divided into two by a wavy terracotta ground which meets a yellow sky. On first glance this appears to be an abstract work but on closer inspection it reveals a number or symbols with complex interpretations.
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The Hunter (Catalan Landscape) is the first example of Miró’s mature style, free from all previous influences of Fauvism and Cubism. Miró is today recognized as a pioneer of Surrealism and his fantastical, lyrical paintings remain some of the great masterpieces of the twentieth century. He began to experiment with automatism, creating through the unlocked unconscious mind, as well as experimenting with collage and the process of painting towards the rejection of the traditional framing of painting. In 1924 he joined the Surrealist group, although the symbolic and poetic elements that defined the movement were already present in his work before this time. In 1920, attracted by the Fauve and Cubist movements, Miró moved to Paris and had his first exhibition there the year after. Like many other artists of his generation, his early work was heavily influenced by Van Gogh and Cezanne. Born in Barcelona, he studied business as well as art, but soon abandoned his business studies after suffering from a nervous breakdown and committed himself entirely to becoming an artist. Joan Miró (1893-1983) was a Spanish Surrealist artist known for his paintings, sculptures and ceramics.