Joan Miro is a famous Catalan artist who producued creative contemporary art with prints, paintings and sculpture amongst his most frequent art mediums. Joan Miro became one of the finest artists to have come from Barcelona which remains a major international centre for creative arts with other notable contributors such as Salvador Dali. This article uncovers the famous works of Joan Miro and puts his career into context within the overall history of Spanish art.

Aside from sculpture and oil painting, Miro also achieved some success with countless other art mediums that he dabbled with at some point in his career. Amongst these were the large murals and glass sculptures as well as several books which were also well received. The paintings of Joan Miro remain some of the most expensive contemporary art ever sold and his sculpures can also be found around Barcelona where the majority of these types of work were created and displayed.

The best known prints and paintings by Joan Miro included titles such as Bleu II, L'Oro dell' Azzurro, The Melancholic Singer, Abstract, Kopf, The Singing Fish, Torso, The Red Sun, Et Fixe Les Cheveux, Night, Dog Barking at the Moon and Obra de Joan Miro. Miro's original paintings are best as reproduction framed giclee art prints which give a professional finish and an accurate colour match to the original.

Concluding, Spanish contemporary art rarely was greatily influenced by Miro who brought a desire to break from traditional art in any art medium that he turned his hands to, with a particular concentration on sculpture and painting, with many of both still easily accessible around the stylish city of Barcelona. Future exhibitions of Miro art is planned and well worth checking out for those interested in understanding more about some of the more recent Spanish art to have received academic and public approval.