Antoni Tàpies was one of the greatest Catalan artists of the 20th century. Sculptor and painter, he was a great exponent of abstract informalism, attracted all his life by disciplines such as philosophy, literature and music.
The beginning of his career was marked by illness, which led him to take refuge in drawing, painting, music and literature. He finally ended up leaving his studies in law to devote himself entirely to painting. His first artistic lines were mainly dominated by surrealist figurativism with strong influences from artists such as Joan Miró and Paul Klee. After the October Salon and the works he presented, his work turned towards abstract forms, and with it began a period of experimentation, mainly with material painting, using materials such as rope, paper or clothing, generating collages and turning his works into something finite and ephemeral, like matter itself. His palette was mainly based on browns, beiges, blacks, greys, etc., as well as rather allegorical iconographic content.
Throughout his life he received many prestigious prizes and awards, as well as participating in numerous exhibitions around the world: Rome, New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Amsterdam, among others.