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Joaquin Mir Trinxet
Spanish artist (1873–1940)
Joaquin Mir Trinxet | |
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Joaquin Mir Trinxet (1915) | |
| Born | (1873-01-06)6 January 1873 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 8 April 1940(1940-04-08) (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Movement | Modernisme |
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mir and the second or maternal family name is Trinxet.
Joaquin Mir Trinxet or Joaquin Mir y Trinxet[1] (Catalan: Joaquim Mir i Trinxet) (Barcelona 6 January 1873 – 8 April 1940) was a Catalan artist known for his use of color in his paintings.
He lived through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona. His paintings helped to define the Catalan art movement known as modernisme.
Barcelona and Paris
Mir Trinxet was born in Barcelona to a well-off Catalan family.
His father was representative of foreign firms, some of them from Nuremberg[2] Mir studied at the Llotja b