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  |  | TAPIES Antoni (1923-2012) 
    
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    |  |  | Antoni TAPIES, a few dates |  |  
 
	
    | 1923 | was born on December 12th 1923 in Barcelona |  
    | 1948 | is one of the founding member of the Dau al Set movement, close to the dada and surrealist movements |  
    | 1949 | meets Joan Miro participates to the Salon d'Automne in Barcelona
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    | 1953 | he grows away from surrealism and works on abstraction with raw material |  
    | 1953 | receives the Price of the Biennial of Sao Paulo in Brasil |  
    | 1970 | works on his first sculptures and assemblings |  
    | 1984 | the Antoni Tapies Foundation is created in Barcelona |  
    | 1985 | receives the National Price of Painting awarded byt the French government |  |