Artists
Eduardo Chillida1924-2002
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Collage Beige, n.d.
collage on paper
17,5 x 16 cm
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Collage Noir, n.d.
collage on paper
23,9 x 19 cm
)
Lurra G128, 1989
terracotta
19,5x30,5x22cm
BIOGRAPHY
1924
born on January 10th in San Sebastián
1947
renounces architecture school and studies drawing at Madrid’s Circulo de
Bellas Artes
Bellas Artes
1948
moves to Paris; makes his first pieces in plaster
1950
marries Pilar Belunce in San Sebastián; has his first group-exhibition
1958
receives the Grand International Sculpture Award of the 29th Biennial of
Venice
Venice
1960
is awarded the Kandinsky Prize
1966
The Houston Museum organizes the artist’s first retrospective; receives the
first Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award in Duisburg (D) and the Grand Prize of Fine
Arts from Nordrhein-Westfalen (D)
first Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award in Duisburg (D) and the Grand Prize of Fine
Arts from Nordrhein-Westfalen (D)
1971
visiting professor during the winter at the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at
Harvard University, Camebridge
Harvard University, Camebridge
1975
achieves the Rembrandt Award from the Goethe foundation; designs the logo
for the “Universidad del País Vasco”
for the “Universidad del País Vasco”
1981
receives the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Madrid
1983
Europe Award for Fine Arts in Straßbourg
1984
achieves the Grand Pize for Arts in France by the French Minister of
Culture Jaques Lang
Culture Jaques Lang
1985
receives the Ricardo Wolf Award by the Israeli parliament and the
Kaiserring of the German city of Gosslar
Kaiserring of the German city of Gosslar
1987
in commermoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica, “Gure aitaren etxea”, a new sketch in steel is placed on the grounds of the Casa de Juntas in Guernica; receives the Prince of Asturias Award for Art
1989
achieves an honorary degree in Architecture by the High Council of
Architects’ Associations of Spain
Architects’ Associations of Spain
1991
receives the Imperial Award of the Critics Association in Japan
1992
the first exhibition of the artist in his hometown San Sebastian is inaugurated
1994
is appointed as Honorary Member of the Real Academy of San Fernando
in Madrid
in Madrid
1995
receives a membership to the Academy of Boston and New York
1997
is appointed as Doctor Honoris Cause by the School of Industrial Engineering
at the “Universidad del País Vasco“
at the “Universidad del País Vasco“
1999
major retrospective at the “Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofía“ Madrid and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Reina Sofía“ Madrid and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
2000
installation of the monumental steel sculpture “Berlín” in front of the new
Chancellery in Berlin; inauguration of the Museo Chillida-Leku in Hernani
Chancellery in Berlin; inauguration of the Museo Chillida-Leku in Hernani
2002
died on August 19th in San Sebastián
SOLO-EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2012
“Obras“, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
“Eduardo Chillida“, Picasso-Museum, Münster
“Eduardo Chillida“, Picasso-Museum, Münster
2010
“Collages”, Galería Carreras Múgica, Bilbao
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
“Chillida and the challenge of philosophy”, Museo Chillida-Leku,
Hernani, Gipuzkoa (E)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
“Eduardo Chillida - Skulpturen, Gravitationen, Zeichnungen, Grafiken”, Biedermann Galerie, Munich
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
“Chillida and the challenge of philosophy”, Museo Chillida-Leku,
Hernani, Gipuzkoa (E)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
“Eduardo Chillida - Skulpturen, Gravitationen, Zeichnungen, Grafiken”, Biedermann Galerie, Munich
2009
“Chillida 1980-2000”, Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Español, Valladolid (E)
“Chillida. Espacios Sonoros”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani,
Gipuzkoa (E)
“Eduardo Chillida. 1980-2000”, CaixaForum Lleida, Lleida (E)
“Chillida. On silent music”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani, Gipuzkoa (E)
Español, Valladolid (E)
“Chillida. Espacios Sonoros”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani,
Gipuzkoa (E)
“Eduardo Chillida. 1980-2000”, CaixaForum Lleida, Lleida (E)
“Chillida. On silent music”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani, Gipuzkoa (E)
2008
“Eduardo Chillida - Arbeiten aus dem grafischen Œuvre”, Kunstverein
Augsburg (D)
“Eduardo Chillida”, CaixaForum, Tarragona (E)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal (D)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
Augsburg (D)
“Eduardo Chillida”, CaixaForum, Tarragona (E)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal (D)
“Eduardo Chillida”, Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
2007
“Chillida. 1980-2000”, Caixa Forum Palma, Palma de Mallorca
“Wind Comb: from the idea to the project - fulfilling a dream”, Museo Chillida-
Leku, Hernani (E)
“Wind Comb: from the idea to the project - fulfilling a dream”, Museo Chillida-
Leku, Hernani (E)
2006-07
“Chillida: Codis”, Reus Museum, Reus (E), Can Paulet Tower, Mataró (E),
Tortosa Museum, Tortosa (E), Badalona’s Museum, Badalona (E), Can
Sisteré Gallery, Santa Coloma de Gramenet (E), Josep Bages Gallery, Prat
de Llobregat (E)
Tortosa Museum, Tortosa (E), Badalona’s Museum, Badalona (E), Can
Sisteré Gallery, Santa Coloma de Gramenet (E), Josep Bages Gallery, Prat
de Llobregat (E)
2006
“Homenaje a Chillida”, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y
Contemporáneo, Bilbao
Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander (E)
“Chillida: Homages”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
“Eduardo Chillida – Signos”, Galería GACMA, Málaga
“Eduardo Chillida”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu City (J)
Contemporáneo, Bilbao
Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander (E)
“Chillida: Homages”, Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
“Eduardo Chillida – Signos”, Galería GACMA, Málaga
“Eduardo Chillida”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu City (J)
2005
Lonja de Zaragoza, Zaragoza (E)
Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona
Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona
2004
Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
IVAM (Insitut Valencia d‘Art Modern), Valencia (E)
Galería Barcelona
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Centres d’Arts plastiques, Royan (F)
IVAM (Insitut Valencia d‘Art Modern), Valencia (E)
Galería Barcelona
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Centres d’Arts plastiques, Royan (F)
2003
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
Royal Academy of Art, London
Maison Centre Pompidou, Cajarc (F)
Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
Stadtmuseum Helsinki
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
Royal Academy of Art, London
Maison Centre Pompidou, Cajarc (F)
Museo Chillida-Leku, Hernani (E)
Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
Stadtmuseum Helsinki
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
2002
Staaliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (D)
Stiftung Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (D)
Stiftung Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (D)
2001
Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel/Hamburg
Museum Schloß-Moyland, Bedburg-Hau (D)
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Kunsthalle Würth (D)
Museum Schloß-Moyland, Bedburg-Hau (D)
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Kunsthalle Würth (D)
2000
Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster (D)
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Galerie Malborough, Madrid
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Galerie Malborough, Madrid
1999
Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
1998
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Museum Würth, Künzelsau (D)
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
IVAM (Insitut Valencia d‘Art Modern), Valencia (E)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Museum Würth, Künzelsau (D)
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
IVAM (Insitut Valencia d‘Art Modern), Valencia (E)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
1997
Tasende Gallery, Los Angeles
Kunsthalle Lunds (S)
Kunsthalle Lunds (S)
1996
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Museum Würth Künzelsau (D)
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
Museum Würth Künzelsau (D)
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
1995
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
BAWAG Foundation, Vienna
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
BAWAG Foundation, Vienna
1994
Kunstverein Bayreuth (D)
Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz (D)
Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz (D)
1993
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
1992
Galery Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
1991
Galerie Springer, Berlin
Kunsthalle Basel
Real Academia Bellas Artes, Madrid
Hayward Gallery, London
Galerie Lelong, Paris
Kunsthalle Basel
Real Academia Bellas Artes, Madrid
Hayward Gallery, London
Galerie Lelong, Paris
1989
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster
1988
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, Califonia
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, Califonia
1986
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona
Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona
1985
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
1982
Galerie Maeght, Zurich
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
1981
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover (D)
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover (D)
1980
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid
1979
National Gallery, Washington
1978
Galeria Antonio Niebla, Gerona (E)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (D)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (D)
1977
Carpenter Center, Cambridge, Massachuchettes
1975
Galerie Numaga Neuchâtel (CH
1974
Galerie d’Art Moderne, Basel
1972
Ulmer Museum, Ulm (D)
1970
Kunsthalle Lund (S)
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt
1969
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunsthaus Zurich
Kunsthaus Zurich
1968
Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen (CH)
1967
Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (D)
City Art Museum, Sant Louis
City Art Museum, Sant Louis
1966
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (D)
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (D)
1965
Mc Roberts Tunnard Gallery, London
1964
Galerie Maeght, Paris
1963
Galerie Bertram, Paris
1962
Kunsthalle Bern
1961
Galerie Maeght, Paris
1956
Galerie Maeght, Paris
1954
Galeria Clan, Madrid
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE (SELECTION)
“Abesti Gogora V”, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Alrededor de Vacia V”, World Bank, Washington
“De Música, Dallas XV”, Pei’s Morton Symphony Center, Dallas
“Peine de Viento VI”; UNESCO, Paris
“Zuhaitz V”, Parc Albert Michallon, Grenoble
“Begirari V”, Museumsinsel Hombroich (D)
“Berlìn”, Neues Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin
“Besarkada X”, Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg (D)
“De Musica IV”, Münsterplatz, Bonn
“Gudari”, Nationalgalerie, Berlin
“Jaula de la Libertad”, Hof der Landeszentralbank, Trier (D)
“Monumento Dusseldorf”, Thyssen Gebäude, Düsseldorf (D)
“Buscando la Luz II”, Pinakothek, Munich
“Diálogo-Tolerancia”, Innenhof Rathaus, Münster (D)
“Gurutz Aldare”, Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne
“La Casa de Goethe”, Taunus Anlage, Frankfurt
“Campo Espacio de Paz II”, Marktplatz, Lund (S)
“Estela a Pablo Neruda”, Stadt Teheran
“Helsinki”, Porthania Platz, Helsinki
“Lotura XXX”, Musée Olympique, Lausanne (CH)
“Elogio del Aire II”, Flugplatz Bilbao
“Estela a Rafa Balerdi”, Pico de Loro, San Sebastián (E)
“Mural G-333”, MACBA, Barcelona
“Puerta de la Música”, Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela (E)
“Lugar de Encuentros VI”, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid
“Lugar de Encuentros II”, Plaza de Rey, Madrid
“Gure Aitara Etxea X”, Guernica (E)
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