The Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Mallorca (English: ''Pilar and Joan Miró Mallorca Foundation'') is a museum in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

, dedicated to the work of the artist

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , ; ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and Ceramic art, ceramist. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona ...

. It comprises a main building exhibiting 6000 works donated by the artist, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, sketches, a library, a sculpture garden, and Miró's former studios Sert and Son Boter. The complex is located near Son Abrines, Miró's private residence since 1956, and includes his first workshop, Son Boter, adapted to a traditional house, and the second, larger workshop, built by the architect

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, a personal friend. Various sculptures and murals can be seen in the gardens. The studio Sert was used by the artist until his death in 1983. In 1959, Miró bought the nearby Finca Son Boter which he also used as an atelier; his graffiti on the walls can still be seen there. The foundation was created in 1981 by Joan Miró and his wife Pilar Juncosa. In 1992, the museum building, a work of

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, was added to house the administrative services and present the artist's works on a rotating basis. The foundation also organizes temporary exhibitions.

History

Miró, throughout his life, had several links with Mallorca. A son of Mallorcans, he married Mallorcan Pilar Juncosa in 1929. Between 1940 and 1943, during the

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, the couple lived on the island. In 1955, they decided to settle there permanently. The couple bought some land on the outskirts of

, now integrated into the urban fabric. Miró asked his friend, the architect

, to build him a studio workshop so he could work there. Later he also bought the nearby estate of Son Boter. The couple would live in the Son Abrines estate, currently closed to the public and for private use. In 1981, Miró reached an agreement with the Palma City Council to transfer part of his work to create a Foundation on the island. The agreement would not be made public, however, until 1992, when the entity was formally created. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, in 2017, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró organized the "Miró mai vist" exhibition, which would have 32,000 visitors during the six months it lasted. The Foundation also created a new logo and a new corporate brand, Fundació Miró Mallorca. In 2017, they had 57,640 visitors, 85% of whom were international.

Buildings

The Foundation is divided into three main areas: * Moneo Building: a work by

, created after the artist's death, with the purpose of being the Foundation's exhibition space. * Sert Workshop: a building commissioned by Joan Miró from

. * Son Boter: typical Mallorcan house from the 18th century acquired by Miró in 1959 with the purpose of being the studio where he would work on his largest artworks.

Collection

The Foundation's collection was created with an offer by the artist, made on March 7, 1981, who donated both the buildings and a series of paintings, drawings, sculptures and graphic works, and also an important documentary fund. The purpose of the donation was to offer an area of 4,000 m² of land, consisting of the Son Abrines estate and the graphic workshop of Son Boter, to turn them both into a center for cultural activities after his death. The collection of the Foundation consists of several artworks by Miró: 118 paintings on canvas, 275 works of mixed media, 1512 drawings and 35 sculptures. There are also more than 700 pieces of graphic art. These artworks were created between 1908 and 1981, although the great majority of them are from the 1960s or later. This donation to the Palma City Council wasn't made public until 1992. The museum collection also includes works by other artists related to or friends of

, including

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Antonio Saura Antonio Saura Atarés (September 22, 1930 – July 22, 1998) was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is ...

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and

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, among others.Jodi J. Clavero, ''Fundació Joan Miró. Guia de la Fundació'', Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 2010 (Catalan)

Documentary fund

The Foundation has a documentary archive containing Miró's correspondence, a newspaper library, a collection of photographs, and books from the painter's personal library, among other content. There are around 800 letters, 5,000 documents in the newspaper library and some of the books from Miró's library.

Library

The Foundation has a library specialized in contemporary art and, above all, in the personality and everything related to Miró. It consists of more than 17,000 documents, and is in constant growth.

References

External links

Fundació Miró Mallorca Official Website
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