Constellations series

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The Constellations series is a celebrated group of surreal, dreamlike paintings by Joan Miró that combine delicate lines, symbols, and celestial motifs created around the time of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
painting series
appliesToPart paper
artist Joan Miró
colorPalette bright colors
contrasting backgrounds
countryOfOrigin France
Spain
createdDuring World War II
creator Joan Miró
depicts birds
eyes
hybrid creatures
describedAs celebrated group of paintings
key work in Miró’s late Surrealism
genre surreal painting
hasPart Singing Fish
The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers
The Ladder of Escape
The Morning Star
The Passage of the Divine Bird
Women at the Edge of the Lake
hasQuality delicate lines
dense symbolic composition
dreamlike
surreal
inception 1940
1941
inCollection Fundació Joan Miró
Museum of Modern Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
various private collections
influencedBy Spanish Civil War
World War II
cosmos
languageOfWork none
locationCreated Palma de Mallorca
Varengeville-sur-Mer
mainSubject abstract symbols
celestial bodies
dream imagery
stars
materialUsed gouache
ink
watercolor
movement Surrealism
notableWorkOf Joan Miró
numberOfWorks 23
technique fine linear drawing over color fields
timePeriod World War II

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Joan Miró notableWork Constellations series