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SAURA Antonio
(1930-1998)
Antonio SAURA, a few dates

1930 was born in Huesca in Spain, on September 22 1930
1936
1943
1947
1950
1952
1954 settles in Paris and participates to the surrealists' activities.
phénomènes and Grattages series
1956
1957 first exhibition in Paris at the Stadler gallery
founds the group El Paso that he leads until 1960
first Cruxifixions
1958 participates at the Venice Biennial with Eduardo Chillida and Antoni Tàpies
1960 receives the Guggenheim Price in New York
1962 first etchings and serigraphies
1965 destroys a hundred paintings in Cuenca
1967 settles in Paris
works on the series "Imaginary portraits of Goya" and "Dogs of Goya"
destroys again a hundred paintings
1968
1972
1977
1978
1979
1981
1982 receives from the king Juan Carlos the Gold Ring for Art
1983 works and exhibits his first paintings of the Dora Maar serie at the Stadler gallery
1984
1991
1995
1998 died on July 22 1998 in Cuenca