JOAN MIRÓ 

Miró was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1893. In 1919 he visited Paris for the first time. There he had the opportunity to see the work being done by the fauvists and dadaists, groups of artists who were experimenting with radical new modes of artistic expression.

 

In 1940, Miro paInted 'LE COQ' or 'THE ROOSTER'.  The rooster is the symbol of the French people because of the play on words of the Latin gallus meaning Gaul and gallus meaning coq, or rooster.

After the war his paintings, graphics, and ceramics achieved world renown. He continued working at his studio on Majorca. He died in Palma, Majorca in1983.

 

Kid's Art students observed Miro's rooster painting as a part of a lesson on primary and secondary colors. Using red, yellow, blue and touches of white and black, they created the fun and joyous roosters you see on this page's slideshow!