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Antoni Tàpies
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Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist (1923-2012)
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Antoni Tàpies i Puig was a Spanish painter, sculptor, illustrator, and graphic artist associated with the Informalism movement. Born in Barcelona in 1923, he worked in Barcelona, Paris, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He was educated at the German School of Barcelona and spoke Catalan and Spanish. Tàpies was a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He participated in Documenta II, Documenta III, and 4. documenta. His works are held in the collections of the Städel Museum, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He received the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, the Praemium Imperiale, the Wolf Prize in Arts, and the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia. Tàpies died in Barcelona in 2012.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Art a Catalunya — Self1992
- Nocturne 29 — (as Antoni Tapies)1969
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1923-12-13 ) 13 December 1923, Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain
- Died
- 6 February 2012 (2012-02-06) (aged 88), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Known for
- Painting , sculpture , lithography
- Movement
- Art informel
- Awards
- Praemium Imperiale
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Occupation
- lithographer
- Educated at
- German School of Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- engraving process
- Movement
- Informalism
- Image
- Antoni Tàpies (1).jpg
- Work location
- Hanover
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- Commons category
- Antoni Tàpies
- date of birth
- 1923-12-13
- date of death
- 2012-02-06
- name in native language
- Antoni Tàpies i Puig
- second family name in Spanish name
- Puig
Sources (9)
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Antoni Tàpies, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies ( Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ˈtapi.əs]; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and art theorist.
Canvas Burned to Matter by Antoni Tàpies, c. 1960, Honolulu Museum of Art Mural at the Catalan Pavilion at the Seville Expo '92
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