Life Of Joan Miro – Later Years

Joan Miro was born April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain. His dad was a gold smith and watch maker. Joan had an early passion for art, and took drawing classes whilst at main school. As for his other classes though, he did rather poorly. Art was the sole thing he excelled at. In 1907, he enrolled at School of Industrial and Fine Arts in Barcelona, the Lonja, and stayed there till 1910. In 1912 though recovering from typhoid, he officially decided he wanted to be a painter. He spent 3 yea... ...more

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Marc Chagall was born on July 17, 1887 in Belarus, Russia. His birth name was Moshe Shagal, but he changed it because as a painter Marc is much easier to recall. He was the eldest of nine brothers and sisters. Raised Jewish, religion would strongly influence him all his life. His dad was herring merchant, and though they were poor, the household was pleased. In 1906, Marc started studying painting under a local artist Yehuda Pen. The subsequent year, he gone to live in St. Petersburg. ... ...more