Antonio Saura Abstract Prints
Spanish, b. 1930
Antonio Saura (1930 – 1998) was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is often remembered. He began painting and writing in 1947 in Madrid while suffering from tuberculosis, having already been confined to his bed for five years. In his beginnings he created numerous drawings and paintings with a dreamlike surrealist character that most often represented imaginary landscapes, employing a flat smooth treatment that offers a rich palette of colors. He claimed Hans Arp and Yves Tanguy as his artistic influences. The first appearances in his work of forms that will soon become archetypes of the female body or the human figure occur in the mid-1950s. Starting in 1956 Saura tackled the register of what will prove to be his greatest works: women, nudes, self-portraits, shrouds and crucifixions, which he painted on both canvas and paper. In 1957 in Madrid he founded the El Paso Group and served as its director until it broke up in 1960. Limiting his palette to blacks, grays and browns, Saura asserted a personal style that was independent of the movements and trends of his generation. His work followed in the tradition of Velasquez and Goya. Starting in 1959 he began creating a prolific body of works in print, illustrating numerous books including Cervantes’s Don Quijote, Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Nostlinger’s adaptation of Pinocchio, Kafka’s Tagebucher, Quevedo’s Three Visions, and many others.to
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Artist: Antonio Saura
Serie Abierta
By Antonio Saura
Located in BARCELONA, ES
ANTONIO SAURA
"Serie Abierta"
1989
Silkscreen on paper.
Copy 48/99.
Signed and justified in pencil.
75 x 104cm.
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1980s Abstract Antonio Saura Abstract Prints
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Screen
"Aquella tarde al verse en el espejo" by Antonio Saura, Black and Grey Abstract
By Antonio Saura
Located in Köln, DE
Screenprint by Antonio Saura
"Aquella tarde al verse en el espejo.." from "Diversaurio", 1962
77,5 x 55,2 cm
Copy 52
Edition of 85
Antonio Saura (Hue...
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1960s Abstract Antonio Saura Abstract Prints
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Tu cabello es amarillo
By Antonio Saura
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Antonio Saura
Tu cabello es amarillo
1962
Silkscreen on fine white Vélin paper
Signed in pencil and dated
Number 63/85
77,50 x 55 cm
Edited by José Ayllón
Catalogue raisonné of grap...
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1960s Abstract Antonio Saura Abstract Prints
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"El patito feo" by Antonio Saura, Abstract Print, Duckling, Blue, Bright Colors
By Antonio Saura
Located in Köln, DE
Color lithgraph by Antonio Saura
"El patito feo", 1997
65 x 50 cm
Copy 186/250
Edition of 285
Antonio Saura (Huesca, Spain 1930–1998 Cuenca) found his...
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