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Salvador Dali. Plate 14 from the illustrated book Les Chants de Maldoror, by Comte de Lautréamont. 1934. Photogravure and drypoint, 8 13/16 x 6 3/4" (22.4 x 17.1 cm) © 1998 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris |
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 While a highly personal expression is vital to any artistic endeavor, the creator is also affected by the artistic and intellectual milieu of the time. Miró came of age as an artist in Paris in the 1920s. This decade saw the formative stages of the Surrealist movement, which emphasized the supremacy of the unconscious. Surrealist thinking would provide a backdrop for all Miró's subsequent work. In the 1930s, the Surrealist idiom was comprised of a variety of artistic themes and approaches. Two in particular inform the Black and Red Series: a fascination with nightmare imagery and an exploration of the technique of automatism. |
