In 1940, after the war ended, Miró returned to Spain. Miró consistently exercised his personal freedom in his work, which in the face of political turmoil is infused with irony and anger as much as joy and tenderness. He had become known for his dream-like paintings with a personal system of signs and symbols once war broke out he introduced overtly political commentary into his work. Miró lived in Paris from 1920 until 1932, regularly traveling back to Spain until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 prevented his return home. These later works distill the styles, subjects and motifs of Miró’s work into their most essential and universal forms, as the artist sought to create an experience that would transcend the physical object. Miró: The Experience of Seeing was comprised entirely of works created between 1963 and the artist’s death in 1983, all of which came from the collection of the Museo Reina Sofía. And you have never seen sculpture like this by Miró.”Ī contemporary of Picasso, Miró was briefly aligned with the Surrealists in the late 1920s in Paris and went on to create a phenomenal pictorial and sculptural universe throughout his six-decade career. His large, gorgeous paintings are filled with unexpected energy of line and color. “Miró is one of the great masters of 20th century art, and this show reveals the tireless creativity he experienced in the last 20 years of his life.

“We can’t wait for visitors to discover this joyous and inspirational exhibition,” said Sarah Schroth, Mary D.B.T. All works were on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

The exhibition included 27 sculptures, 18 paintings and six drawings, some of them more than 6 feet tall.

The exhibition was a rare glimpse at the later works of Miró, one of the greatest innovators of 20th-century art in Europe.ĭuke was the only East Coast venue for Miró: The Experience of Seeing, a presentation of the final 20 years of Miró’s career. The Nasher Museum presented Miró: The Experience of Seeing, a special ticketed exhibition featuring more than 50 masterpieces by Spanish-born artist Joan Miró (1893-1983).

Miro painting