- Year Born/Died: 1923-2012
- City Born: Barcelona
- Significant Works: Great Painting, Grey Ochre, and Equation III
- Movement(s): Haute Pate (Matter Painting), Art Informel, Modern art, Informalism, Abstract expressionism, Tachisme
Antoni Tàpies was widely-recognized as a painter. However, he was also a sculptor and theorist. Tàpies experienced a cardiac arrest at only 17 years and spent two years residing in the highlands. There, he spent most of his time reading and developing his budding passion for painting, which had started in his early teenage years.
Tàpies began his artistic career as a surrealist painter, but he transitioned to the Art Informel movement not long after. This movement encouraged artists to incorporate what would be deemed ‘non-artistic’ into their works.
This experimentation with mixed media is often recognized as Tàpies’ most significant legacy to the world.
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