About the artist:

Spanish painter, Antonio Tàpies, studied law from 1943-1946 at the University of Barcelona before taking up painting. He was largely self-taught and his early works had surrealist tendencies, resembling the styles of both Joan Miro and Paul Klee. During the mid 1950’s, Tàpies’ work shifted toward abstraction and he started implementing mixed media into his work. It was with these pieces that he gained notoriety. Tàpies started adding clay and marble dust into his paints and moved on to include scraps of paper, strings, and then more substantial objects like pieces of furniture. He put to words his feelings regarding the commonplace of materials and their value to artwork in his 1970 essay, “Nothing is Mean.” EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES (SELECCIÓN) SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2002 Musée Picasso, Antibes . Galeria Fernando Santos, Lisboa ; Porto . Galerie Lelong, París. Centro Cultural Puerta Real, Fundación Caja de Granada, Granada . Centro Cultural de Cascais, Fundação D. Luís I, Cascais. Galería Elvira González, Madrid. Sala de Cultura García Castañón, Caja Navarra, Pamplona . Sala de Exposiciones Ignacio Zuloaga, Fuendetodos. Musée de Millau, Millau. 2001 Galerie Lelong, Zuric . Waddington Galleries, Londres . Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris [retrospectiva] . Centre Cultural de Caixa Girona, Fontana d'Or, Girona. Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires. Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki. Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid . Galerie De Rijk, La Haia. 2000 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid [retrospectiva] . Haus der Kunst, München [retrospectiva]. Pace Wildenstein, New York. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Galerie Lelong, Paris. Haus der Kunst, Münich. 1999 Caja de Burgos, Burgos. Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca. Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño. Galeria Altxerri, San Sebastian. 1998 Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona. Casa Rusca, Pinacoteca Comunale, Locarno. Galerie Lelong, Paris. Kunsthalle, Krems. Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid. Sala de Exposiciones del Centro Cultural Palacio de la Audiencia, Soria. Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. Galeria Toni Tàpies-Edicions T, Barcelona. Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona. Galeria Senda, Barcelona. 1997 Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato. Galleria Christian Stein, Milano. Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover. 1996 Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa. [Retrospective]. Nigata City Art Museum, Nigata. [Retrospective]. Gunma Museum of Modern Art, Gunma. [Retrospective]. Edicions T-Galeria d'Art, Barcelona. 1995 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Retrospective]. Pace Wildenstein, New York. Edicions T-Galeria d'Art, Barcelona. Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid. 1994 Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm. [Retrospective] Waddington Galleries, London. Rupertinum, Moderne Galerie und Graphische Sammlung, Salzburg. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris. [Retrospective]. 1993 Pace Gallery, New York. Spanish Pavilion, Biennal de Venezia. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. [Retrospective]. Erker Galerie, St. Gallen. Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. 1992 Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. IVAM, Centre Julio González, València. [Retrospective]. Serpentine Gallery, London. [Retrospective]. Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas. [Retrospective]. Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Retrospective]. Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough. 1991 Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas. [Retrospective]. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mèxico, DF. [Retrospective]. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach. [Retrospective]. Fundação Serralves, Porto. [Retrospective]. Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Goulbenkian, Lisboa. [Retrospective] Waddington Galleries, London. 1990 Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. Galerie Lelong, New York. Galerie Lelong, Paris. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. [Retrospective]. 1989 Galerie Lelong, New York. Elkon Gallery, New York. Galerie Lelong, Zurich. Palau de Belles Arts, Pekin. [Retrospective]. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. [Retrospective]. 1988 Galerie Lelong, Paris. Annely Juda Fine Arts, London. Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Musée Cantini, Marsella. [Retrospective]. 1985 Palazzo Reale, Milano. [Retrospective]. Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Bruxelles. [Retrospective]. Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco. 1986 Künstlerhaus, Viena. [Retrospective]. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. [Retrospective]. 1984 Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York. Maeght Lelong Zürich, Zürich. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris. Galerie Brusberg, Berlin. 1983 Abbaye de Sénanque, Gordes. Städtische Galerie Prinz-Max-Palais, Karlsruhe. Fundació Joan Miró, CEAC, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. 1982 Marisa del Re Gallery, New York. Galerie Maeght, Paris. Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, Venezia. [Retrospective]. Studio Dueci, Roma. 1981 Galeria Maeght, Barcelona. Fondation du Château de Jau, Cases de Pène. [Retrospective]. Maeght Zürich, Zürich. M. Knoedler & Co., New York. Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco. 1980 Kunsthalle, Kiel. [Retrospective]. Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, Linz. [Retrospective]. Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid. [Retrospective]. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. [Retrospective]. 1979 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe. [Retrospective]. 1978 Kunstmuseum, Winterthur. [Retrospective]. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Musée de l'Abbaye de Sainte Croix, Les Sables-d'Olonne. [Retrospective]. Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1977 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. [Retrospective]. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. [Retrospective]. Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio,Texas.[Retrospective]. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa. [Retrospective]. Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal. [Retrospective]. Kunstverein, Bremen. [Retrospective]. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden. [Retrospective]. 1976 Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence. [Retrospective]. The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo. [Retrospective]. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. [Retrospective]. 1975 Maeght Zürich, Zürich. Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. 1974 Louisiana Museum, Humlebaeck. [Retrospective]. Nationalgalerie, Berlin. [Retrospective]. Galerie Maeght, Paris. Hayward Gallery, London. [Retrospective]. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. [Retrospective]. 1973 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris. [Retrospective]. Musée Rath, Genève. [Retrospective]. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Palais de Beaux-Arts, Charleroi. [Retrospective]. 1972 Städtische Galerie im Haus Seel, Siegen. [Retrospective]. Galerie Maeght, Paris. 1970 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. 1969 Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel. [Retrospective]. 1968 Museum des 20, Jahrhunderts, Wien. [Retrospective]. Kunstverein, Hamburg. [Retrospective]. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Koln. [Retrospective]. Martha Jackson Gallery, NewYork. Galerie Maeght, Paris. Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1967 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen. [Retrospective]. Galerie Maeght, Paris. 1966 Galerie Stadler, Paris. 1965 Institute of Contemporary Art, London.[Retrospective]. 1964 Galerie Stadler, Paris. Documenta III, Kassel. 1963 Phoenix Art Center, Phoenix. Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena. Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Berggruen & Cie., Paris. Galerie Im Erker, St. Gallen. 1962 Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover. [Retrospective]. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Retrospective]. Kunsthaus, Zürich. [Retrospective]. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1961 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Gres Gallery, Washington. Galerie Stadler, Paris. 1959 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Galerie Stadler, Paris. 1958 Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan. XXIX Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venezia. 1957 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Galerie Stadler, Paris. Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1956 Galerie Stadler, Paris. 1953 Marshall Field & Company, Chicago. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. 1950 Galeries Laietanes, Barcelona.