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| 1930 |
Born in Huesca (Spain), 22 September 1930. |
| 1936-1939 |
During the Civil War, he resides with his family in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. At the end of the war, lives a year in Huesca and returns to Madrid. |
| 1943 |
Ill with tuberculosis, you should undergo several operations that may require you to five years of immobility. |
| 1947 |
Self-taught, Saura start to paint and to write. |
| 1950 |
First personal exhibition in the library Books Zaragoza: works that are experimental in nature, carried out during the previous two years. Series Constellations and Rayogramas. |
| 1951 |
Series Landscapes. Publication of the poetic text Programio. |
| 1952 |
The first exhibition in Madrid, in the library Buchholz: works dreamlike and surreal.
First trip to Paris. |
| 1953 |
Organized in Madrid exhibitions Trends, and Fantastic Art. |
| 1954-1955 |
Based in Paris. Participates in the activities of the surrealist group. Paintings of organic design and random on canvas and paper, using techniques very varied. Series Phenomena and Grattages. First paintings made from the structure of the female body.
Marries Madeleine Augot. |
| 1956 |
Presented in the National Library of Madrid, a collection of his work, as well as the first paintings made exclusively in black-and-white. Series Ladies and Self-portraits. |
| 1957 |
The first exhibition in Paris at the galerie Stadler (catalog with a preface by Michel Tapié).
Founded the group Step that will lead up to the date of its dissolution in 1960. Conferences and publications of various texts and manifestos. Performs the first Crucifixion and different series lyrics on paper.
Birth of his daughter Marina. |
| 1958 |
Performs the first Portraits imaginary among which the series devoted to Brigitte Bardot.
Participates in the Biennial of Venice in the company of Eduardo Chillida and Antoni Tàpies. |
| 1959 |
Performed several series of large paintings, whose themes appear throughout his work: Shrouds, Portraits, Naked, Nude-landscape, Cures and Crowds.
Start of the printed work with the series of lithographs entitled Pintiquiniestras.
Publish your essay Space and gesture.
First exhibition with Antoni Tàpies at the galerie van de Loo (Munich). Participates in the documenta II in Kassel. Engages in political activity that will continue until the end of the franco regime.
Birth of his daughter Ana. |
| 1960 |
He abandoned the exclusive use of black and white. Start the series Portraits imaginary, Ladies vertical and Profiles and hats. Works on paper : Accumulations, Narratives and Repetitions.
Performs various sculptures.
Is awarded the Guggenheim (New York). |
| 1961 |
The first exhibition in the Gallery of Pierre Matisse, New York. |
| 1962 |
First etchings, and silkscreens. Lie and dreama series of drawings and paintings on paper, of satirical character.
The Gallery Odyssia published in Rome, a work dedicated to the Crucifixionwith a text by Enrico Crispolti.
Birth of his daughter Elena. |
| 1963 |
Several retrospective: at the Stedelijk Museum in Eindhoven, in the Rotterdamsche Kunstring and in the museums of Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (works on paper).
Done the sets for The House of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca, presented in Madrid for the first time and directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. |
| 1964 |
Retrospective of paintings on paper and prints, organized by Eddy de Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, in the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and in the Konsthalle Göteborg.
Second exhibition in the Gallery of Pierre Matisse, New York.
Made fourteen stained glass windows to the Flag of Jordan at the International Fair of New York, as well as a series of lithographs in color titled History of Spain.
Participates in the documenta III in Kassel. Receives the Prize Carnegie Eduardo Chillida and Pierre Soulages. |
| 1965 |
Destroys a hundred canvases (Cuenca). |
| 1966 |
First trip to Cuba and a retrospective of works on paper at the Casa de las Americas (Havana).
Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, organised by Roland Penrose.
Initiates the series of Women-armchair as well as a new series of Portraits imaginary.
He received the Great Prize of the Biennial of engraving “Bianco e nero” of Lugano. |
| 1967 |
Digs definitely in Paris. During the summer, working in the Watershed.
Exhibited at the Gallery Stadler Women-armchair and Portraits imaginary. Start the series Portraits imaginary Goya and Dogs of Goya.
New auto de fe in Cuenca during which destroys another hundred canvases. |
| 1968 |
During ten years old, leave the oil painting, solely to the benefit of the work on paper.
Participates in the Cultural congress of Havana. |
| 1969 |
The publisher Gustavo Gili published his first monograph significant in Barcelona. Text by José Ayllón. |
| 1970 |
He spends most of the year in Havana. |
| 1971 |
Performs, in the Centre genevois de gravure contemporaine, lithographs, and a series of drawings that illustrate Trois visions de Quevedo (Yves Rivière, editeur). Run multiple sets of screen prints: The King (with Lezama Lima), Remembrandt (with Bert Schierbeek), Le Chien de Goya (with Jean-Clarence Lambert).
Marries Mercedes Beldarraín. |
| 1972 |
Attack of a group of extreme right-wing committed during the retrospective of his work on paper at the Galería Juana Mordó (Madrid).
Performs various Great productions and several series of Overlays, among which figure The Quinta del Sordo. |
| 1973 |
Exhibition at the Colegio de Arquitectos de Santa Cruz de Tenerife of a retrospective of his work on paper. It continues the series of the Overlays.
Participate in the World Congress of Peace held in Moscow. |
| 1974 |
A retrospective of his works on paper in the Centre, M-11, Seville.
Working on the implementation of a set of Great productions and continues the series of the Overlays. |
| 1975 |
A retrospective of his work on paper at the galerie Maeght in Barcelona.
First trip to Mexico, where he (Galería Juan Martín). |
| 1976 |
It works essentially in lithographs on zinc, in the workshops of the Clot, Bramsen & Georges in Paris and created the series of serigraphs entitled Moipublished by Gustavo Gili. Part of the organizing committee of the Venice Biennale, in which it participates. |
| 1977 |
Beginning to publish his writings.
Done Camera ardentpicture book of twelve etchings.
Thanks to numerous protests and demonstrations of support, to revoke the expulsion of France that affects you.
Participates in the documenta VI in Kassel. |
| 1978 |
Exposes a set of his work recorded most recent at the Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, Paris. Participates in the First Meeting of Latin american Art Critics and Artists,” in Caracas, and publishes Notes for a discussion.
Back to painting in oils on canvas and performs several books in a single copy. |
| 1979 |
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam organized a retrospective of his work directed by Ad Petersen, who later presented at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. The following year, presented in the House of Jewels of Madrid and then in the Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona.
Prize of the First Biennial of european engraving of Heidelberg.
In Cuenca, arson destroys a part of their files and their collections. |
| 1980 |
Participates as a speaker in the debate “For a portrait of Salvador Dali” at the Centre Georges Pompidou.
From this date, and each year, will be speaking at numerous seminars, symposia and meetings on art and culture. |
| 1981 |
A retrospective of his works on paper in the Box of the Immaculate conception of Zaragoza.
It is named a Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France). |
| 1982 |
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid organized a touring exhibition of his graphic work, which will be presented in several cities of Spain.
Published a pamphlet entitled Against the Guernica.
Receives King Juan Carlos, the Gold Medal of Fine Arts. |
| 1983 |
Painted and exhibited in the Gallery Stadler the first series of the Dora Maar. A text by Pierre Daix accompanies the catalogue of the exhibition Dora Maar d'après Dora Maar/Portraits raisonnés avec chapeau”.
Performs the scenery of Carmenballet , directed by Carlos Saura and Antonio Gades at the Théâtre de Paris, as well as Peixos Abissals Joan Baixas to the Theatre La Claca of Barcelona.
Chairs in the Paris Committee of the Organization “Artistes du monde contre l apartheid.”
José María Berzosa made-for-television movie about his work.
Accidental death of his daughter Elena. |
| 1984 |
Initiates the series of paintings titled Auto de fecarried out on the decks of books that have been ripped the pages. |
| 1985 |
Taught a course in the “Workshop of contemporary art” of the Circle of Fine Arts of Madrid.
Creates a stage space of Woyzeck directed by Eusebio Lázaro in Madrid.
Done Die Mauer, book unique overlays.
The Cabinet des print room of Geneva presents a retrospective of his printed work. First catalogue raisonné of the work printed by Mariuccia Galfetti.
Make a set of large acrylic and oil. |
| 1986 |
The Neue Galerie-Sammlung Aachen organized a retrospective exhibition with the theme.
He co-chairs the seminar “The art and the evil” in the UIMP of Seville. |
| 1987 |
Done Elegypainting 20 x 10 m destined for the roof of the Diputación de Huesca. The preparatory drawings will give rise to a travelling exhibition.
Illustrated Don Quijote de la Mancha to the Circle of Readers. We expose the original in several institutions and continue to be exposing all over the world. Publication of the work collective Figure and Background.
Directs the seminar “Reunion with The Step” in the UIMP Basin. |
| 1988 |
Performs the lithographs that illustrate Tagebücher Kafka.
Publication The painter, illustrated, set of poems dedicated to the painter, and of Elegymonograph with a preface by Guy Scarpetta, and photographs of Jean Bescós.
He co-chairs the seminar “sex and art” in the UIMP of Seville. |
| 1989 |
The Wiener Secession presents a retrospective of his work on paper. Anthological exhibition at the Harvard University of Cambridge. The Musée d'art et d'histoire of Geneva, is organized under the direction of Rainer Michael Mason, a retrospective of a thematic nature of his large canvases that will be presented later in the IVAM in Valencia, spain, in 1990, in the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía museum of Madrid, in the Lenbachhaus in Munich and at the Réfectoire des Jacobins de Toulouse.
After being operated eye, returns to painting. |
| 1990 |
Make a set of large monotypes (edited by Carles Taché).
The UIMP Basin and the Circle of Readers organize an exhibition of his picture books.
Publication of the book The death and nothingness with a text by Jacques Chessex.
Directs a drawing class at the Fondazione Antonio Ratti in como and, with Guy Scarpetta, the seminar “Writing as a painting” in the UIMP of Seville.
It is named Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Death of his daughter Ana. |
| 1991 |
Participates with Carlos Saura and Luis García Navarro in the realization of the opera Carmen for the Staatstheater Stuttgart.
The county Councils of the province of Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel, spain, organized a retrospective exhibition entitled “Decenario”, which will be then presented in the Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona and in the Palacio Almudí de Murcia.
Retrospective exhibition dedicated to the books Portrait of Antonio Saura and The Temptations of Antonio Saura (texts of Julian Rivers). Performs the illustrations of Poetry and other texts of St. John of the Cross. |
| 1992 |
Conceived the exhibition The Goya's dog in the Halls of the Arenal in Seville and in the Museum of Fine Arts Zaragoza.
The Circle of Readers organizes the exhibition Antonio Saura and the books of your life that will be presented in Madrid, and then, at the Cervantes Institute in Paris, and in the Room of the Crown of Aragon in Zaragoza, spain.
Publication Note book (memory time). |
| 1993 |
Performs the scenery of El retablo de Maese Pedro Manuel de Falla for the Ballet de Zaragoza.
Publication Belvédère Looked.
Operated for a hip, remains inactive for several months. |
| 1994 |
The Museum of modern Art in Lugano organized a retrospective of his paintings, made between 1948 and 1990.
The Museum of Teruel, spain, presents, under the direction of Emmanuel Guigon, an exhibition of his youth works (works dreamlike and surreal).
Receives the Award Aragon to the Arts.
It performs a series of 218 drawings and paintings on paper titled Nulla dies sine linea. |
| 1995 |
Illustrated The adventures of Pinocchio, Collodi, and received for this work, the Prize for the best book of the year, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of spain.
Receives the Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris and the prix Liberté, awarded in Sarajevo.
Designed with his brother Charles the staging and the sets of the opera Carmen Bizet at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. |
| 1996 |
Is the curator of the exhibition After Goya, a subjective eyePalace of the Market and Palace of Montemuzo, Zaragoza. |
| 1997 |
Painted and exhibited at the Gallery Daniel Lelong in Paris several boxes of large format (Crowds and Portraits imaginary Goya), and a new series of Portraits and Self-portraits. |
| 1998 |
Dies at Basin on July 22, 1998. |
