Still Life with Old Shoe
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Still Life with Old Shoe, is an oil painting done by Joan Miró
in 1937 and now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
. The work entered the museum as a gift by James Thrall Soby in 1970.
Miró was going to his house of Mont-roig del Camp
for a while. Then Miró went to France. On 16 December 1936 he arrived in Paris with his wife Pilar and the little daughter Maria Dolores. They lived in a very small living space with a complete lack of a place to work. At the time, Miró could do nothing but collect ideas and write them to litle sketch cards. To exercise in drawing, Miró, as he had done in 1920 when he arrived in Paris, joined the class of the Academy de la Grande Chaumiere.
The painter, though no studio or apartment, started working in a corner at the gallery Pierre, and it took five months from January to May 1937, in produce one of the strangest and most important paintings of the his work, Still Life with Old Shoe, a oil painting where he expressed his anguish over the situation in Spain. The artist provides advertising and painted with great detail the rise of evil, the invasion of monsters, the metamorphic decline of the human figure.
Miró sided with Republicans. He entered the mural entitled The Reaper in the Spanish pavilion of Paris International Exhibition of 1937 where Picasso
's famous Guernica
was also exhibited. The Reaper was large picture of 5.5m tall but was lost after the pavilion was dismantled. In the same year, Miró published a poster of a very strong visual sign on which the message in French Aidez l'Espagne (Help Spain) was placed.
Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride...
in 1937 and now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. The work entered the museum as a gift by James Thrall Soby in 1970.
History
When started the Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
Miró was going to his house of Mont-roig del Camp
Mont-roig del Camp
Mont-roig del Camp is a town and municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, Catalonia, Spain. It is in the middle of its comarca, between the Serra de Colldejou and the Mediterranean...
for a while. Then Miró went to France. On 16 December 1936 he arrived in Paris with his wife Pilar and the little daughter Maria Dolores. They lived in a very small living space with a complete lack of a place to work. At the time, Miró could do nothing but collect ideas and write them to litle sketch cards. To exercise in drawing, Miró, as he had done in 1920 when he arrived in Paris, joined the class of the Academy de la Grande Chaumiere.
The painter, though no studio or apartment, started working in a corner at the gallery Pierre, and it took five months from January to May 1937, in produce one of the strangest and most important paintings of the his work, Still Life with Old Shoe, a oil painting where he expressed his anguish over the situation in Spain. The artist provides advertising and painted with great detail the rise of evil, the invasion of monsters, the metamorphic decline of the human figure.
Miró sided with Republicans. He entered the mural entitled The Reaper in the Spanish pavilion of Paris International Exhibition of 1937 where Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
's famous Guernica
Guernica (painting)
Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War...
was also exhibited. The Reaper was large picture of 5.5m tall but was lost after the pavilion was dismantled. In the same year, Miró published a poster of a very strong visual sign on which the message in French Aidez l'Espagne (Help Spain) was placed.