Antoni Tàpies

(Spanish, 1923–2012)

petjada sobre vermell by antoni tàpies

Antoni Tàpies

Petjada sobre vermell, 2000

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Biography

Timeline

1923
Born in Barcelona, Spain
1944 - 1946
Studied Law at the Law University of Barcelona, Spain
1950
Awarded a scholarship by the French government, spent one year in Paris, France
1951
Won the Academia Breve Prize, Barcelona, Spain
1953
Won the Sao Paulo Biennale Prize, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1958
Won the Carnegie Institute First Prize, Pittsburgh, PA
1964
Won the Guggenheim Foundation Prize, New York, NY
1972
Won the Rubens Prize of Siegen, Germany
1983
Received the Gold Medal from the Catalan Government, Spain
1992
Became member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Uk and of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA

Exhibitions

2012
Tàpies, Image, Body, Pathos, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, The Collection, # 2, Fundacion Antoni, Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, The Collection, # 3. Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, Fundación Cristino de Vera, Tenerife (solo)
2011
Antoni Tàpies, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, Museo delle Arti Catanzaro (MARCA), Catanzaro, Italy (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, Waddington Galleries, London, UK (solo)
Antoni Tàpies, Mira la mà... Fundació Palau, Centre d’art, Caldes d’Estrac, Spain (solo)
2010
Antoni Tàpies, Obra Gráfica, Galería de Fernando Santos, Portugal (solo)

Public Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS