Antoni Tàpies: La pratique de l'art. Peinture without forgetting the spectacular discoveries

without forgetting the spectacular discoveries of Roman weaponry

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Siena is home to a pictorial tradition that would prove fundamental to the history of Western art

to transform it into a modern tool serving thousands of diplomats and NGOs

to explore the birth of this movement and to better study these first artists who cast their gaze beyond Europe: from the picturesque genre scenes of Decamps to the archaeological watercolors of Edward Lear

Antoni Tàpies: La pratique de l'art. Peinture without forgetting the spectacular discoveriesThis book was published on the occasion of the retrospective marking the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tpies (Barcelona, 1923 2012), a key figure in post war modern art. It presents numerous key works from each of the artist's periods: after his self portraits and works influenced by surrealism and Dadaism, Tpies produced his first matiriste paintings in the 1950s, which incorporated raw materials, stains, and signs. Formal and material