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Antoni Tàpies Biography
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1923 |
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Born in Barcelona, Spain
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1950 |
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Awarded scholarship by French government that enabled him to spend a year in Paris
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1966 |
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Began his collection of writings, La practica de l'art
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1972 |
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Rubens Prize of Siegen, Germany
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1993 |
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Represented Spain at the Venice Biennale where his installation was awarded the Leone d'Oro
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
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2006
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Waddington Galleries, London
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2004
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Tąpies. Tierras: Premio Velįzquez 2003, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofķa, Madrid (solo)
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2004
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Antoni Tąpies: Una arquitectura de lo visible, Fundación Marcelino Botķn, Santander (solo)
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2004
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Antoni Tąpies. Retrospectiva, MACBA, Barcelona (solo)
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2003
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Tąpies. Werke auf Papier 1943-2003, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden (solo)
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2003
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Antoni Tąpies. Cos i llenguatge, Fundació Antoni Tąpies i Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona (solo)
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2003
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L'univers obert d'Antoni Tąpies, Centre d'Art la Panera, Lleida (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Lelong, Paris (solo)
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2003
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Galeria Toni Tąpies, Barcelona (solo)
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2003
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Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2003
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Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
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2003
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Galerķa Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (solo)
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2002
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Musée Picasso, Antibes (solo)
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2002
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Centro Cultural de Cascais, Fundaēćo D. Luķs I, Cascais (solo)
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2002
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Galerķa Elvira Gonzįlez, Madrid (solo)
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2002
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Sala de Cultura Garcķa Castańón, Caja Navarra, Pamplona (solo)
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2002
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Sala de Exposiciones Ignacio Zuloaga, Fuendetodos (solo)
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2002
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Musée de Millau, Millau (solo)
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2002
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Galeria Fernando Santos, Lisboa ; Porto (solo)
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2000
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Retrospectiva, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofķa, Madrid
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2000
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1998
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1996
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Face ą l'Histoire. L'artiste moderne devant l'événement historique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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1995
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Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, Berlin, Germany
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1994
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1992
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Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1990
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Retrospective, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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1990
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1987
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Le Sičcle de Picasso, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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1985
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Retrospective, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Brussels, Belgium
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1981
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1980
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Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1979
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The Third Biennale of Sidney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia
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1976
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1974
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Soft-art. Weich und Plastisch, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
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1974
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Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany
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1970
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Selections from the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1967
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Vom Bauhaus bis zur Gegenwart, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
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1965
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Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
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1965
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40 Key Artists of the Mid-20th Century, Institute of Art Detroit, MI
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1962
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Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1961
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New Europeans, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
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1960
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New Spanish Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1958
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XXIX Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Venice, Italy
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1955
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The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
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