Antoni tàpies

A tribute to the Catalan artist

Antoni Tàpies

Death of an artist

Antoni Tàpies

He was born in 13th December 1923 in Barcelona. He was a Catalan artist. He loved painting and he was a famous sculptor. His pictorical movement was the informal art. He founded his own fundation in1990 in Barcelona. He had a famous teacher, Picasso.He died in 6 February 2012 inBarcelona when he was 88 yearsold.

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Year: 1946Technique: Oil on canvasLocation: Fundació Antoni TàpiesArt style: ImpressionismPurpose: Rejection of modern civilization. The work reveals the desire to return to a pre-industrial world.

Newsprint Cross(Creu de paper de diari)

Year: 1946-1947.Technique: Paint, ink and collage on paper.Location: Fundació Antoni Tàpies.Art style: Symbolist.Purpose: Represents the synthesis of everything material and spiritual.

ParafaragamusYear: 1949.Technique: Oil on canvas. Location: Fundació Antoni Tàpies.Art style: Cubism and Surrealism.Purpose: he represents a flower, describing the flower’s world in a fantastic way.

Metal Shutter and Violin(Porta metàl·lica i violí)

Year: 1995.Technique: Paint on object-assemblage. Location: Fundació Antoni Tàpies.Art style: Surrealism and Impressionism.Purpose: to reveal the spirituality and

beauty that exists in the lowest forms .

Year: 1969.Technique: Assemblage on canvas.Location: Fundació Antoni Tàpies.Art style: conceptualism. Purpose: the two opposites that form the universe: feminine-masculine, yin-yang, good-evil, up-down. The fire reached the Earth from a spark that fell from the sun.

Straw &Wood

Cloud and ChairNúvol i cadira

Year: 1990.Technique: Anodised aluminium and stainless steel.InstallationLocation: Fundació Antoni Tàpies.Art style: Informalism/conceptualism.Purpose: Alludes to a meditative attitude, thought and the aesthetic contemplation.

Mural at the Catalonia pavillion

Year: 1992.Technique: Acrilic painting on the wall.Location: Sevilla. (expo Sevilla)Art style: Informalism.Purpose: He wanted to show the Catalan influence in Spain.He show to the people that Catalunya is beautiful and important.

Tribute to PicassoYear: 1981.Technique: Impressionism and Modernist.Location: Parc de la Ciutadella.Art style: Informalism. SculpturePurpose: Represents the conformist nature of a well-to-do society and the rebellion of another society in the throes of change.

Self PortraitYear: 1945.Technique: Ink on paper.Location: Landesmuseum Mainz (Deutschland)Art style: Surrealism.Purpose: He wanted to show his own ideas,and his dreams.

The Four ChroniclesYear: 1990.Technique: Oil on wood.Location: Palau de la Generalitat.Art style: abstract.Purpose: He wanted to show the most 4 important events of theCatalan history, the Four Chronicles.

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Ramon Pera Reñé