Antonio Saura

Basic Data

Antonio Saura is a Spanish artist from the era of modern art. As an adolescent he taught himself how to draw and paint.

• Born: 22. September 1930
• Died: 1998
• Place of birth: Huesca, Spain
• Nationality: Spanish art
• Similar artists: Antonio Tapies, Eduardo Chillida
• Era: modern art 
• Stylistic direction: Surrealism

His role models were the old masters such as Velazquez and Goya. But also contemporary artists such as Hans Jean Arp, Yves Tanguy and artists from the surrealist group have influenced his art. 

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Exhibitions

• 25.11.21 – 13.11.22 Personae. Masks against barbarism – Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca.
• 11.09.21 – 30.01.22 Sobressalto - Coleção Norlinda e José Lima – Centro Artes Agueda, Agueda.
• 19.02.20 – 17.05.20 Antonio Saura: Mentira y sueño de Franco – Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.
• 14.08.20 – 04.01.21 Gezeichnete Stadt. Arbeiten auf Papier 1945 bis heute, Berlinische Galerie Berlin.
• 19.02.20 – 17.05.20 Antonio Saura: Mentira y sueño de Franco, Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (CBA), Madrid.
• 15.05.19 – 25.09.19 Picasso and the Exodus- Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse.
• 07.07.18 – 25.08.19 ACCROCHAGE /// DAMIEN HIRST – "Works from Schizophrenogenesis" - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.

Awards

• 1960: Guggenheim Prize New York.
• 1979: Prize of the First European Graphic Biennale, Heidelberg.
• 1982: Gold Medal for Fine Arts of the Spanish State.
• 1995: Grand Art Prize of the City of Paris.

Literature

• Antonio Saura – Malerei 1956–1985, exhibition catalogue by the Ministerio de Cultura/Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Rainer Michael Mason, Madrid/Munich, 1990.

Collections

Germany

• Berlin - nbk Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
• Essen - Museum Folkwang
• Mönchengladbach - Museum Abteiberg

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum

France

• Paris - Centre Pompidou

Spain

• Barcelona - MACBA Barcelona

USA

• New York - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Weblinks

• Antonio Saura Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
• http://www.antoniosaura.org/ Official website of the artist.