Description
Joan Miro – The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers (from the Constellation series)
| Year of creation: | 1941 |
| Original size: | 38.1 cm x 45.7 cm |
| Painting style: | Surrealism |
| Original technique: | Mixed technique |
| Located: | Museum of Modern Art New York |
The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) – Joan Miró
The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers (from the Constellation series) is a painting by Joan Miró from 1941: a dense web of small black signs, stars, eyes and birds on a warm yellow-brown ground. We paint our hand-painted study of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) to order on canvas, in oil or acrylic, in 8 sizes from 38 × 46 cm to 130 × 160 cm or in a custom size. Before The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) is dispatched, we send you a photo of the finished painting.
What does The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) show?
In The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers fine lines link hundreds of small shapes, black hourglasses, crescents, stars and eyes, with flashes of blue, red and yellow here and there. It belongs to the Constellations series, which Miró drew in 1940 and 1941, when he withdrew to Normandy and Majorca during the war and looked for calm in the night sky, music and birds. Precision matters when we paint it, because The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers is made of small, closely set signs.
How is our hand-painted study of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) made?
Our painters paint the study of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) by hand, with brushstrokes of different thickness, separately for every order. We paint in oil or acrylic, depending on the subject and the size, so the surface of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) has a real paint texture that a print does not have. When The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) is finished, we photograph it and send you the photo for approval.
Which size of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) suits your room?
For the wall above a sofa or a sideboard choose The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) in 90 × 110 cm, and for a bedroom, hallway or work corner 38 × 46 cm. The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) is available in 38 × 46 cm, 50 × 60 cm, 60 × 70 cm, 70 × 80 cm, 80 × 100 cm, 90 × 110 cm, 110 × 130 cm and 130 × 160 cm. A simple rule for The Beautiful Bird (Constellations): it should be about two thirds as wide as the furniture below it, with its centre about 150 cm from the floor.
How does The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) arrive, and when?
We ship The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) rolled in a sturdy tube, stretched on 2.5 cm deep wooden stretcher bars, or framed – you choose when you order. Stretching and framing of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) are done in our workshop in Slovenia. When a size of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) is in stock, it reaches you within 6 working days; a study of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) painted to order reaches you in 15 to 45 days.
Frequently asked questions about The Beautiful Bird (Constellations)
Is The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) a print?
No. Every brushstroke of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) is painted by hand on canvas, so the paint visibly stands up from the surface.
Can I order The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) in a size that is not listed?
Yes. We also paint The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) in a custom size; enter the width and height you want when you order The Beautiful Bird (Constellations).
What is the Constellations series?
The Constellations are a series of twenty-three smaller works that Miró made in 1940 and 1941, full of stars, birds and small signs. The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers is one of them.
Is The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) a good gift?
The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers is a gift for lovers, for a lover of Miró or of the night sky. If you are unsure which size of The Beautiful Bird (Constellations) to choose, give a gift voucher.
