1923 | Born in Barcelona |
1928-32 | attended the German school Escuela alemana |
1942 | first drawings during convalescence after pneumonia; interest in philosophy |
1943-46 | Studies law at the Universitat de Barcelona, abandons in favor of painting (Surrealism, Dada, Existentialism) |
1948 | Founds the artists' group "Dau as Set |
1950 | Scholarship enables a stay in Paris (inspiration by social realism, Informel, Art Brut); acquaintance with Picasso, Fontana, Vedova, Luigi Nono, Marcel Duchamp, etc. |
1958 | Participation in the Venice Biennale |
1959/64/68/77 | Participation in the documenta in Kassel; acquaintance with Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell et al. |
1963 | in St. Gallen acquaintance with Eugène Ionesco, Friedrich Dürrenmatt; beginning of extensive lithographic work |
1984 | Founded the "Fundació Antoni Tàpies" in Barcelona; closeness to Zen Buddhism and mysticism |
2012 | died in Barcelona |