Joan Miro, Personage, animals, mountains, 1935

Joan Miro, Personage, animals, mountains, 1935"Personage, animals, mountains" is a painting by the Spanish artist Joan Mir, created in 1935. The painting is part of Mir's "dream" paintings, which were characterized by a mix of abstract and figurative elements. In "Personage, animals, mountains," Mir depicts a surreal landscape with a humanoid figure standing in the foreground. The figure has a bulbous head with large, staring eyes, and is surrounded by strange, organic forms that suggest both

which he developed in the early 1900s along with Georges Braque

Claude is depicted as a young boy wearing a sailor suit and playing with a toy boat

and printmaking

creating a sense of intimacy and closeness

"Still life with quinces" is considered one of Van Gogh's finest still lifes

The colors used in the painting are also highly saturated and intense

In this portrait

as if they are flowing "one after the other

which was an important aspect of Kandinsky's work

He also taught at the Bauhaus school in Germany

The overall effect of the painting is one of otherworldly beauty and mystery

The central shape appears to be a bright