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Joan Miró (1893-1983), Signs and Configurations, 1936, Spanish. Oil, sand, and tar on board. 135 x 99.7 cm. Courtesy of the Snite Museum of Art (http://www.nd.edu/~sniteart/), Notre Dame, Indiana; bequest of Miss May E. Walter. Copyright 2007 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York/ADAGP, Paris, France.

The painter, ceramicist, printmaker, and sculptor Joan Miró (1893-1983) was born in Barcelona and grew up in the nearby farming community of Montroig. After studying art in Barcelona, Miró left home in 1919 for Paris, the emerging capital of the art world. He stayed in France for two decades, but the work he produced during that time reveals that his homeland was often on his mind. An early Miró masterpiece, The Farm (JAMA cover, September 9, 1988), painted in Paris in 1921-1922, is a clear reference to Montroig. Miró sold the painting to a friend, the novelist Ernest Hemingway, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH