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Joan Miró

Joan Miró



Miró in 1935


Joan Miró i Ferrà was a surrealist sculptor, painter and ceramicist from Barcelona, born in 1893. Miró moved to the district of Montparnasse in the early 20’s, drawn by the Bohemian style of living and influenced by the growing art scene, already being an accomplished artist himself.

Miró is first mentioned during Callaghan’s first meeting with Hemingway in Chapter 12, where a framed painting of Miró’s is proudly displayed by Hemingway, whose boasts of smuggling the picture into France from Spain establish his colleagues highly regarded reputation amongst the elite of Parisian society.

Miró is mentioned a total of 23 times throughout the text, the most prominent areas of usage being in chapter Twenty, where the Spanish artist accompanies Hemingway and Callaghan on one of their routine boxing excursions. Miró’s description as a man of immaculate dressing and appearance, coupled with his accurate and factual manner of timekeeping suggests the character’s pedantic nature and gives us an insight into one of the pioneering thinkers of the early 20th century.