Timeline

1924

Born in San Sebastian, Spain

1943 - 1946

Studied architecture at the University of Madrid, Spain

1947

Left architecture and studied drawing at a private school in Madrid, Spain

1954

A group of Franciscan monks commission him to design the four doors of their basilica at Aranzazu (Basque country)

1958

Awarded the prize of the Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL

1960

Awarded the Kandinsky Prize by Nina Kandinsky

1964

Awarded Carnegie Prize for his sculpture at Pittsburgh International, Pittsburgh, PA

1966

Won Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Prize and the Nordrhein-Westfalen Prize at Düsseldorf, Germany

1971

Visiting Professor at the Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1974

Awarded The Diano Marina Prize in Milan, Italy

1975

Awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe,Stiftung, Frankfurt, Germany

1978

Shared with Willem de Kooning the Andrew W. Mellon Prize and received the Pau i Treva prize in Perpignan, France

1981

Received the Medalla de oro al Merito de las Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain

1983

Elected a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK and received the European Prize for Fine Arts in Strasbourg, France

1984

The French government awarded him the Grand Prix National des Beaux-arts

1985

Received the Kaiserring prize, awarded by the city of Goslar, West Germany and received the Wolf Foundation prize for Sculpture in Israel

1986

Received the Revista Euzkadi prize in Bilbao, Spain

1987

Awarded the Principe de Asturias de las Artes Prize in Madrid, Spain and the Lorenzo-il-Magnifico Prize in Florence, Italy

1988

Received the Order for Science and Art, awarded by the Federal German Government

1991

Received the Imperial Prize created by the Japan Art Association

1993

Elected Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA

2002

Died in San Sebastian, Spain