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Miré on Mallorca

Door Barbara Catoir

Categorie
Schilderkunst
Boeknummer
#325203-XC20
Titel
Miré on Mallorca
Auteur
Catoir, Barbara
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Munich/New York : Prestel Verlag
Jaar van uitgave
1995
ISBN10
3791314831
ISBN13
9783791314839
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blue boards, dust jacket, illustrations (mostly in colour), 8vo.
Samenvatting
From his childhood on, Mallorca was to be a second home for Joan Miro. His mother hailed from the island, as did his wife Pilar Juncosa. A refuge for many Republicans, Mallorca became Miro's permanent place of abode from the mid-1950s onward. He acquired a plot of land overlooking the Bahia de Palma, upon which he commissioned his friend Josep Lluis Sert to build a spacious studio. He died there in 1983 at the age of ninety.
Miro on Mallorca concerns itself primarily with the varied themes and techniques of the artist's later works - painting, sculpture, prints, and ceramics - which, with the exception of the latter, were all created in his studios on the island. It was the clear light of Mallorca that especially fascinated Miro - the poetic blues of the sky and the sea. In his sculpture,
... (Lees verder) he was especially inspired by the artistic creativity of the island inhabitants, not to mention the agriculture and the precipitous cliffs which give the landscape of Mallorca its unique quality.
Pagina's
120
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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