Twenty-eight works by Mirò auctioned to help migrants, about 61 thousand and 600 euros donated to the Red Cross of Catalonia, to stop the humanitarian emergency.
He is about to end up invested, his mother saves him Twenty-eight works of Miro auctioned to help migrants, about 61 thousand and 600 euros donated to Red Cross of Catalonia, to stop the humanitarian emergency."I just did what my grandfather would have done." Joan Punyet Miró grandson of the famous Spanish painter Joan Mirò, he considers himself only the executor of his wishes. "I want to do what he himself would have done if he were still alive."
The auction house Christie's who dealt with the sale, announced that the sale exceeded the assumed estimates, ie 50 thousand euros.
My grandfather was a man who suffered a lot in his life. He experienced hunger, exile during the Spanish Civil War, World War II and was well acquainted with the desolation of refugee camps. He has always wanted to help the poor, refugees and exiles. Had he still been alive, he would have considered that what is happening in Syria today could happen tomorrow in Spain, he explained. Joan Punyet Mirò.
Specifically, the painter was particularly grateful to the Red Cross, the doctors were in fact able to save her daughter - Joan Punyet Mirò's mother - from the amputation of a leg.
For this reason, Miro had donated to the hospital in Carpets of Tarragona, where the woman had been made, a tapestry of hers and a lot of funds destined for it. A great sign of recognition, that of the painter, sculptor and ceramist, exponent of the surrealism.
My grandfather was aware of the huge difference humanitarian organizations make in times of great suffering, such as the one we see today with the war in Syria, his grandson said.
I'm almost 5 million refugees who left their country due to the Syrian conflict creating the most serious migration crisis in recent years. A great gesture of generosity that gives a breath of fresh air to a truly alarming situation.
Dominella Trunfio
Photo: Christie's
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