Who created "Head of a Catalan Peasant"?

Head of a Catalan Peasant was created by Joan Miró in 1924.

What medium is "Head of a Catalan Peasant"?

Head of a Catalan Peasant is oil and crayon on canvas.

Is "Head of a Catalan Peasant" in the public domain?

Yes, Head of a Catalan Peasant is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Head of a Catalan Peasant

Joan Miró

1924

Medium

oil and crayon on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 146 x 114.2 cm (57 1/2 x 44 15/16 in.) framed: 175.9 x 143.5 x 10.1 cm (69 1/4 x 56 1/2 x 4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CMC

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Accession Number

1981.9.1

Art Historical Context

**Head of a Catalan Peasant (1924) by Joanó captures the artist's deep connection to his Catalan roots during a pivotal transitional phase in his career. Born in Barcelona in 1893, Miró had moved to Paris in 0, where he mingled with avant-garde circles including Picasso and the emerging Surrealists. This-scale oil and crayon on canvas (146 x 114.2 cm) depicts a stylized peasant head, blending bold contours and vibrant colors to evoke the rugged spirit of rural Catalonia amid Spain's cultural and political tensions in the early 1920s. Miró's mixed-media technique—combining fluid oils with the ...

About the Artist

Joan Miró

Joan Miró i Ferrà, a pioneering Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Barcelona, Spain, on April 20, 1893, initially balanced familial expectations with his artistic calling. The son of goldsmith Miquel Miró Adzerias and Dolores Ferrà, he began drawing lessons at age seven in a private Barcelona school before enrolling in business college and working as a clerk. A nervous breakdown promp...

Head of a Catalan Peasant

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