ANTONI TAPIES - Biography
AFTER STAYING IN PARIS AND NEW YORK, IN 1948 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO JOIN THE DAU AL SET MOVEMENT, AS AT THE BEGINNING IT WAS THE NAME OF INFORMAL ART, FOUNDED IN BARCELONA BY POET JOAN BROSSA. SINCE 1955 HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE TAULL GROUP WITH MODESTO CUIXART, JUAN JOSÉ THARRATS AND JOSÉ GUINOVART.
IN 1958 HE PRESENTED A PERSONAL REVIEW AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WHICH WEN HIM THE UNESCO AWARD. IN 1973 HE EXHIBITS AT THE MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE IN PARIS AND IN 1977 AT THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY IN BUFFALO. IN 1981 TÀPIES IS AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL FOR FINE ARTS BY KING JUAN CARLOS I AND IN 1983 HE IS AWARDED THE MEDALLA D'OR DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA.
IN LONDON HE WAS AWARDED THE DEGREE HONORIS CAUSA BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART.
IN 1990 THE ANTONI TÀPIES FOUNDATION WAS INAUGURATED IN BARCELONA, WHICH IT HAD ALREADY WORKED FOR MANY YEARS WITH DEDICATION.
HIS DISAPPEARED IN 2012 AT THE AGE OF 88.
