Joan Miró

Born in Barcelona in 1893, Joan Miró initially pursued business studies to his father's dismay, but a nervous breakdown led him to fully embrace art. His early works, influenced by Fauvism and Cubism, were met with ridicule at his first solo show in 1918. Undeterred, Miró moved to Paris in 1920, a hub for avant-garde artists, though he continued to spend summers in his native Catalonia. In Paris, Miró's style began to evolve. His painting *The Farm*, purchased by Ernest Hemi…