Still Like with Old Shoe

Still Life with Old Shoe by celebrated Catalan artist Joan Miro, a Surrealist artist whose work has been described as the re-creation of the childlike and a sandbox for the subconscious mind, is a reflection of living in times of turmoil.

Mediterranean landscape or a childhood memory?

The painting gave me the feeling of being relaxed as if surrounded by trees while looking into the sunset with mountains in front of the sunset. The blue sky and mountains at a nearby park I use to play at as a child are what came to my mind when…

Still Life with Old Shoe is Roughly Comfortable (or Comfortably Rough?)

Joan Miró’s 1937 abstract oil painting, Still Life with Old Shoe, is a true encapsulation of beauty in rough times. The “old shoe” is on the same surface as food; the things you eat; the things that nourish…

Dancing in the Moonlight

I think Dancer by Joan Miro is the perfect example of the struggle of good versus evil, or light versus darkness. I think the cool background sends a constant feeling of serenity for the viewer. It really makes you think the more that you stare at it.

Still Life With Old Shoe

The World Wars caused global devastation that affected all dimensions of life — economic, psychological, and political. The ruins of the war left societies all over the world in a state of rejection, not only of national policies, but also of the societies that generated them. Culture…

Dog Barking at the Moon by Joan Miro

When people think of wanting to escape, there are several reasons of why we humans would want to run away from it all. Whether it is from problems or the everyday mundane existences of life, which is always relatable no matter what. People always have desired freedom from the everyday…

The Man with a Pipe by Joan Miro

The Man with a Pipe can be seen as a figurative painting that best exemplifies the characteristic that Joan Miro is portraying within the painting. I found myself often confused and lost in this painting as it made me think more and more about what the actual painter was…