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The Spaniard Joan Miró, whose centennial we celebrate this year, is one of a small number of artists who contributed decisively to the modern spirit. The most gifted painter to be associated with Surrealism, Miró pursued an essential art, creating a universe of great intensity where humor is never far away; freedom and rigor, poetry and craft are combined in a unique manner.Argentaria recognizes that few institutions in the world have done as much as The Museum of Modern Art to promote the work of Miró. Among the first to recognize his genius, the Museum included Miró prominently in its pioneer exhibition of 1936,""Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism," and five years later, in 1941, mounted the first major museum retrospective of the artist's oeuvre.