Solo show
Miró: The Dutch Interiors
from 17 Jun 2010 at Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
In 2010, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Miró: The Dutch Interiors, an exhibition dedicated to one of Joan Miró's most celebrated series of paintings.
In 1928, Miró traveled to the Netherlands and was captivated by the domestic scenes of 17th-century Dutch masters. Back in his studio, working from postcards of works by painters such as Hendrick Martensz Sorgh and Jan Steen, he produced a group of large, exuberant canvases in which the original compositions are radically reimagined — figures dissolve into biomorphic forms, colors intensify, and the quiet interiors of the Golden Age are transformed into pulsating surrealist dreamscapes.
The Dutch Interiors series stands as a landmark in Miró's career, marking his full embrace of Surrealism and his distinctive visual language. The Metropolitan Museum's presentation brought together key works from international collections, offering visitors a rare opportunity to study the series in depth alongside the source paintings that inspired them.
In 1928, Miró traveled to the Netherlands and was captivated by the domestic scenes of 17th-century Dutch masters. Back in his studio, working from postcards of works by painters such as Hendrick Martensz Sorgh and Jan Steen, he produced a group of large, exuberant canvases in which the original compositions are radically reimagined — figures dissolve into biomorphic forms, colors intensify, and the quiet interiors of the Golden Age are transformed into pulsating surrealist dreamscapes.
The Dutch Interiors series stands as a landmark in Miró's career, marking his full embrace of Surrealism and his distinctive visual language. The Metropolitan Museum's presentation brought together key works from international collections, offering visitors a rare opportunity to study the series in depth alongside the source paintings that inspired them.
About the artist
Joan Miró
1893–1983 · surrealism
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist from Spain. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma, Mallorca in…
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in…
