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Antoni Tàpies Biography
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1923 |
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Born: in Barcelona, Spain
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1944 - 1946 |
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Studied Law at the Law University of Barcelone, Spain
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1950 |
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Awarded a scholarship by the French government, spent one year in Paris, France
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1951 |
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Won the Academia Breve Prize, Barcelona, Spain
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1953 |
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Won the Sao Paulo Biennale Prize, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1958 |
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Won the Carnegie Institute First Prize, Pittsburgh, PA
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1964 |
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Won the Guggenheim Foundation Prize, New York, NY
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1972 |
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Won the Rubens Prize of Siegen, Germany
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1983 |
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received the Gold Medal from the Catalan Government, Spain
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1992 |
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Became member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Uk and of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA
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1993 |
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Was awarded the Leone d'Oro, Venoce Biennale, Venice, Italy
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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, UK
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2004
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Tàpies. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Antoni Tàpies: Una arquitectura de lo visible, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (solo)
Antoni Tàpies. Retrospectiva, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2003
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Tàpies. Werke auf Papier 1943-2003, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany (solo)
Antoni Tàpies. Cos i llenguatge, Fundació Antoni Tàpies i Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
L'univers obert d'Antoni Tàpies, Centre d'Art la Panera, Lleida, Spain (solo)
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
Waddington Galleries, London, UK (solo)
Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2002
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Musée Picasso, Antibes, France (solo)
Centro Cultural de Cascais, Fundação D. Luís I, Cascais, Portugal (solo)
Galería Elvira González, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Sala de Cultura García Castañón, Caja Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (solo)
Sala de Exposiciones Ignacio Zuloaga, Fuendetodos, Spain (solo)
Musée de Millau, Millau, France (solo)
Galeria Fernando Santos, Lisboa, Portugal (solo)
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2000
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Retrospectiva, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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 à 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 (solo)
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1990
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Retrospective, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
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1987
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Le Siècle 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 (solo)
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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, The Netherlands (solo)
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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
Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1970
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Selections from the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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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 (solo)
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, NY (solo)
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1961
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New Europeans, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
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1960
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New Spanish Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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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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| Selected Public Collections |
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao, Spain
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Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
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National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
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Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
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