Eduardo Chillida

Eduardo Chillida

1924 - 2002

Works

We do not have works available at this moment.

Please, contact us at info@galeriamarcdomenech.com and we will inform you of new acquisitions

Biography

San Sebastián, 1924 – 2002

Eduardo Chillida was born in San Sebastián in 1924. In 1943 he moved to Madrid to study architecture, but in 1947 he abandoned it and began attending drawing classes at a private academy where he also began to practice sculpture. In 1948 he traveled to Paris. There he exhibited two of his works for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art, together with his friend Pablo Palazuelo. In 1951 he returned to Spain and settled in Hernani. Starting in 1950, he created his first abstract sculptures. In 1951 he used iron for the first time, a material that he would use tirelessly. From 1959 he also worked with wood, steel and researched the possibilities of alabaster. In 1954 he held his first individual exhibition at the Clan Gallery in Madrid. In 1971 he traveled to the United States as ‘Visiting Professor’ at the Carpenter Center at Harvard University. There he met the poet Jorge Guillén, for whom he illustrated the poem ‘Beyond’ with wood engravings. For this illustration he received the Diano Marina International Prize in 1974. In 1981 he received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1983 he received the Europäischer der Künste Prize in Strasbourg. He is named Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 1984 he received the Grand Prix des Arts et Letres in Paris. He was also awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in 1987 and the Japanese Imperial Award in 1991. In the latter part of his life, Chillida himself created the Chillida-Leku museum in Zabalaga (Hernani). He died on August 19, 2002.