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Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his abstract works.
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culture · Spanish Basque sculptor (1924–2002) · sculptor · printmaker · illustrator · visual artist · graphic artist · draftsperson · association football player · engraver · painter · artist · also Eduardo Chillida, Eduardo Txillida, Eduardo Txillida Juantegi, Chillida
Born 10 January 1924 · Died 19 August 2002 · Q156736
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: ‘Eduardo Chillida: Convergence’ Review: Sculpting Nature’s Forces
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2022· 1 entry
wallpaper: Eduardo Chillida’s majestic sculptures meet rural Somerset
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2021· 1 entry
Dezeen: Hauser & Wirth showcases architectural sculptures by Eduardo Chillida
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2019· 3 entries
wallpaper: Eduardo Chillida’s Basque museum and sculpture park given a new lease of life
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The Art Newspaper: Eduardo Chillida’s Basque museum and sculpture park announces full reopening
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With the backing of Hauser & Wirth, a Swiss modern art gallery
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2018· 1 entry
Artnet: See Footage of the Late Spanish Sculptor Eduardo Chillida at Work in a New Video From Hauser & Wirth
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2015· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: Spanish Sculptor Eduardo Chillida Gets a Second Chance
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2011· 1 entry
Local authorities decided to go ahead with a project by Chillida inside Mount Tindaya on Fuerteventura despite concerns from environmentalists
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2006· 1 entry
Chillida's classic 1961 sculpture, Rumor de Limites, more than doubled estimates to sell to a collector from the Iberian Peninsula for a record £2 million in London
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2003· 1 entry
Won medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit (2003).
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2002· 8 entries
Died 2002-08-19.
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“Lo hice mejor porque no lo conocía e iba cargado de dudas y de asombro.”
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“No olvidemos que original viene de origen.”
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“Más vale ciento volando que pájaro en mano.”
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“El arte está ligado a lo que no está hecho, a lo que todavía no creas. Es algo que está fuera de ti, que esta más adelante y tu tienes que buscarlo. De otra manera, uno estaría todo el tiempo repitiéndose.”
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“Cuando conocí la tierra con la que yo quería trabajar, le puse la mano encima y enseguida me di cuenta por el oído, que me decía que era posible hacer mi obra con ella.”
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“I do not want it to be a cause of division or a stone to be thrown in political battles which I do not understand and have no desire to get involved in.”
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Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque country, awarded its gold medal, the city's highest honor, posthumously to Chillida and the architect Luis Peña Ganchegui, for building a square that has come to symbolize Basqu
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2000).
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Awarded Lan Onari (2000).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Universal Basque Prize (1997).
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A sculpture by Chillida was also on extended loan from Tasende Gallery outside Beverly Hills City Hall, on occasion of Tasende Gallery opening their Los Angeles showroom with a solo presentation by Chillida
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize (1990).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (1987).
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1986· 2 entries
Installed House of Goethe, a large piece that is a tribute to the German poet and dramatist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the city of Frankfurt
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The Chillida collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid was inaugurated; Chillida designed the museum's logo
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Arts (1984).
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1981· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1981).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award (1966).
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Kandinsky (1960).
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1954· 2 entries
Produced the four doors for the basilica of Arantzazu, where works by other leading Basque sculptors – Jorge Oteiza, Agustin Ibarrola and Nestor Basterretxea – were also being installed
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Chillida exhibited his work in more than 100 one-man shows
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1951· 1 entry
Chillida soon abandoned the plaster he used in his Paris works – a medium suited to his study of archaic figurative works in the Louvre
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1950· 1 entry
Chillida married Pilar Belzunce and later returned to the San Sebastián area, first to the nearby village of Hernani and in 1959 to the city of his birth, where he remained
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1949· 1 entry
In the Salon de Mai at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, and the next year took part in "Les Mains Eblouies", a show of postwar art at the Galerie Maeght
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1947· 1 entry
Abandoned architecture for art, and the next year he moved to Paris, where he set up his first studio and began working in plaster and clay
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1942· 1 entry
Played for Real Sociedad (1942–1944).
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-01-10.
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