Head to Toe with Joan Miró

Getting to grips with the first steps toward poetic, painterly genius

Remy Dean
Signifier
Published in
11 min readSep 11, 2022

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‘The Morning Star’ (1940) from the ‘Constellations’ series of paintings by Joan Miró [view license]

Most parents will know that a fascination with socks and feet is not uncommon among children, and it seems the young Joan Miró i Ferrà was no exception. Among the earliest surviving drawings by the pioneering Catalan artist is an illustration of a visit to a chiropodist, dated 1901. Surprisingly, it’s…

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Remy Dean
Signifier

Author, Artist, Lecturer in Creative Arts & Media. ‘This, That, and The Other’ fantasy novels published by The Red Sparrow Press. https://remydean.blogspot.com