ANTONI TAPIES 1923-2012 SPANISH OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON BOARD. Antoni Tapies Spanish Oil and Mixed Media on Board. Multiple pieces of paper, metal, paint and others on board. Untitled. Size 40cm by 50cm. Some staining on back. Antoni Tà pies was a Spanish artist known for his mixed-media paintings that incorporated marble dust, found objects, and resin as seen in his seminal work Grey and Green Painting (1957). Social themes run throughout his highly textured and tactile paintings, which were influenced by his experience of the politics and environment of the wartime and the postwar state of the Spanish government. “If one draws things in a manner which provides only the barest clue to their meaning, the viewer is forced to fill in the gaps by using his own imagination,” he reflected. “He is compelled to participate in the creative act, which I consider very important.” Born on December 13, 1923 in Barcelona, Spain, he originally studied law while pursuing art, he became a friend of his fellow Catalan Joan Miró who was an integral influence on Tà pies’s early Surrealist work. Incorporating the scrawling marks of Paul Klee, Tà pies joined the Art Informel movement, as his work turned toward the abstract and seemingly anticipated the Arte Povera movement. Over the several decades to follow, the artist became more nuanced in his choice of materials and attempted to convey the accidental marks of walls and graffiti. He died on February 6, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Today, his works are held in the Fundació Antoni Tà pies Museum in Barcelona, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, among others. The term In Style of used in title and description means that artworks are similar to the artist’s style. After means the artwork is a copy of an existing work. For both kinds of arts, we do not guarantee and do not suggest any authenticity and originality of it. Shipping cost including package deliver to US address 50 USD and International 150 USD. We can arrange door-to-door delivery to most east coast address and provide to check prior to pay. Please read our policy carefully: 1. We do not have additional images, all images listed here, and all bidders see the same. 2. No PayPal and Credit Card accepted. 3. We arrange in-house packing and delivery. Shipping cost is listed. No bargain or discount for it. Delivery and US shipping will keep frame, international shipping will remove the frame except buyer pay for shipping cost. 4. We provide in-site pickup and third-party shipper delivery but need payment clear first. 5. Return policy.We only refund hammer price with no exception. Return must be done in two weeks after artworks received. 6. We are open for per-sale and post-sale offer, if offer accept, we will help to complete per-sale and post-sale purchase transaction, same policy as regular purchase. If you do not like our policy, please simply do not bid with us. Thank you.