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Biography |
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1924 |
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Born in San Sebastian on January 10th |
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1943 - 1946 |
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Studied architecture at the University of Madrid, Spain |
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1947 |
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Leaves architecture and studies drawing at a private school in Madrid (he also begins to make sculpture) |
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1954 |
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A group of Franciscan monks commission him to design the four doors of their basilica at Aranzazu (Basque country) |
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1955 |
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The City of San Sebastian commissions a statue to commemorate Sir Alexander Fleming, for the Ategoprieta Garden; Chillida executes the work in stone. (It subsequently disappears. A new version has now been installed on the promenade of Donostia Bay) |
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1958 |
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Awarded the prize of the Graham Foundation, Chicago; the committee includes Mies van der Rohe and James Johnson Sweeney |
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1960 |
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Awarded the Kandinsky Prize by Nina Kandinsky |
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1964 |
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Awarded Carnegie Prize for his sculpture at Pittsburgh International |
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1966 |
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Won Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Prize and the Nordrhein-Westfalen Prize at Düsseldorf |
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1971 |
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Spends four months as Visiting Professor at the Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Meets the Spanish poet Jorge Guillen and creates wood-engraved illustrations for the poem 'Mas Alla', published by Galerie Maeght two years later |
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1974 |
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The Diano Marina Prize is awarded in Milan, for his illustrations of Jorge Guillen's book 'Mas Alla' |
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1975 |
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The Rembrandt Prize of the Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe Stiftung, Frankfurt, is presented to him in San Sebastian |
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1978 |
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Shares with Willem de Kooning the Andrew W. Mellon Prize. He also receives the Pau i Treva prize in Perpignan. |
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1981 |
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Receives the Medalla de oro al Merito de las Bellas Artes in Madrid |
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1982 |
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Presents his large sculpture 'Homage to Jorge Guillen' to the city of Valladolid, on the occasion of the poet's ninetieth birthday; he also contributes a series of illustrations to the book 'Voz Acorde - Homanaje a Jorge Guillen' edited by Carmen Durango |
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1983 |
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Elected a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and receives the European Prize for Fine Arts in Strasbourg |
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1984 |
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The French government awards him the Grand Prix National des Beaux- Basque Country |
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1985 |
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Receives the Kaiserring prize, awarded by the city of Goslar (West Germany); Werner Schmalenbach gives the official tribute. Reiner Moritz produces a television film about Chillida. Receives the Wolf Foundation prize for Sculpture in Israel. |
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1986 |
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Starts working on a monument in Guernica, a commission commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the destruction of the town in the Spanish Civil War; the monument with the Basque title 'Gure Aitaren Etxea' is inaugurated in April 1988. |
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1986 |
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Receives the Revista Euzkadi prize in Bilbao |
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1987 |
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Awarded the Principe de Asturias de las Artes Prize in Madrid and the Lorenzo-il-Magnifico Prize in Florence |
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1988 |
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Receives the Order for Science and Art, awarded by the Federal German Government, succeeding Henry Moore |
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1991 |
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Received the Imperial Prize created by the Japan Art Association |
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1993 |
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Elected Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York |
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1993 |
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Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts |
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2002 |
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Died on August 19 |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Nov. 1 - March 31, "Chillida" Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal - Germany |
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2008 |
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Sept. 16 - Nov. 23, "Chillida. 1980 - 2000". CSIC Tarragona. Travelling · |
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2004 |
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Galerie Lelong, Zürich
Galerie Lelong, Paris |
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2003 |
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Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Great Britain
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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2001 |
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Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris |
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2000 |
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Opening of the Chillida Museum in Leku, Hernani (Guipuzcoa)
Galerie Lelong, Zürich |
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1999 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao |
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1998 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
IVAM, Valencia
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Museum Würth, Künzelsau-Gaisbach |
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1997 |
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Tasende Gallery Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
Galerie Lelong - Paris |
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1993 |
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Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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1992 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
Palais Miramar, San Sebastian |
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1990 |
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Hayward Gallery London, England
44th Biennale de Venise
Galerie Lelong - Paris |
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1989 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Bonn; Westfalische Landesmuseum, Münster |
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1988 |
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43rd Biennale de Venise
Galerie Lelong, Zürich |
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1985 |
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany |
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1985 |
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Tasende Gallery La Jolla, CA |
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1984 |
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Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art New York,NY
Creation of the Chillida Foundation at Caserio Zabalaga, Hernani (Guipuzcoa) |
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1983 |
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Galerie Herbert Meyerellinger Frankfurt, Germany |
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1981 |
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Galerie Beyeler Basel, Switzerland |
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1981 |
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Museum of FIne Art Bilbao, Spain |
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1980 |
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY |
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1980 |
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Ministry of Culture, Palacio de Cristal Madrid, Spain |
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1979 |
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National Gallery Washington D.C., USA |
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1979 |
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Museum of Art Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1977 |
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Galeria Iolas Velasco Madrid, Spain
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Harvard University, Boston, MA
Creation of the "Peinges du Vents" on the San Sebastian Bay |
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1974 |
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Galerie d'Art Moderne Basel, Switzerland |
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1974 |
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The Hastings Gallery, Spanish Institute New York, NY |
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1972 |
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First retrospective of graphic works held at the Ulm Museum in Germany |
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1969 |
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Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunsthaus Zürich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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1968 |
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Exhibited a number of sculptures for the inauguration of the Documenta IV at Kassel |
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1966 |
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Important exhibition at the Museum Wilhelm-Lehmbruck, Duisburg; wins Wilhelm-Lehmbruck prize |
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1965 |
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McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery London, England |
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1964 |
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Galerie Maeght Paris, France |
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1962 |
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Kunsthalle, Bâle
"Picasso, Miró, Chillida", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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1961 |
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas |
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1956 |
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First large exhibition held at the Galerie Maeght Paris, France |
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1954 |
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Clan Gallery Madrid, Spain |
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Literature |
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2004 |
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Chillida, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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2004 |
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Eduardo Chillida, Éloge de l’horizon, interviews compiled and prefaced by Susana Chillida - Éditions Galerie Lelong |
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2001 |
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"Chillida", Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris - Editions du Jeu de Paume / Réunion des musées nationaux |
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1998 |
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"Chillida : Retrospectiva 1948-1998", Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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