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TAPIES Antoni
(1923-2012)
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Antoni TAPIES, a few dates |
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1923 |
was born on December 12th 1923 in Barcelona |
1948 |
is one of the founding member of the Dau al Set movement, close to the dada and surrealist movements |
1949 |
meets Joan Miro participates to the Salon d'Automne in Barcelona |
1953 |
he grows away from surrealism and works on abstraction with raw material |
1953 |
receives the Price of the Biennial of Sao Paulo in Brasil |
1970 |
works on his first sculptures and assemblings |
1984 |
the Antoni Tapies Foundation is created in Barcelona |
1985 |
receives the National Price of Painting awarded byt the French government |
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