Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona, 1923 - 2012) was one of the greatest painters of our time. A pioneer of Spanish informalism, he produced a remarkable graphic work, in which he uses the most diverse techniques, with representation in the main contemporary art museums in the world. This exhibition, with works from the 1950s to 1970s, coincides with the inauguration of new and expanded facilities at the Portuguese Screen Printing Center. "Antoni Tàpies began his artistic experiences during his long convalescence from a serious illness. His growing dedication to drawing and painting led him to abandon his university studies. rivers. In the 1940s he exhibited his works, with a strong personality, which made him stand out in the artistic panorama of the time. He was co-founder of the magazine Dau al Set (1948). Influenced by Miró and Klee he then develops the iconographic factor and the magical theme. Little by little he incorporates geometric elements and color studies that lead to an interest in the subject, which translates into canvases with an intense texture and great capacity expressive and communicative. With these works, Tàpies received international recognition in the mid-fifties. From the sixties onwards, he incorporated new iconographic elements (writing signs, anthropomorphic elements, footprints and ;bols that allude to the reality of Catalonia) and technical procedures (new surfaces, use of everyday objects and varnish). Tàpies' pictorial language has evolved since then and resulted in a diverse and productive plastic creation admired throughout the world. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Serpentine Gallery in London, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and the Kunsthaus in Zurich , at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, at the Jeu de Paume and at the Center Pompidou in Paris, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, at the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia and at the Museu d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona, among many others. Parallel to the Despite his artistic activity, Antoni Tàpies developed an activity as a writer that gave rise to several publications: La pràctica de l’art (The practice of art, 1970), L’art contra l’ aesthetics (Art against aesthetics, 1974), Memòria personal (Personal memory, 1977), La realitat com a art (Reality as art, 1982), Per un art modern i progressive ( For a modern and progressive art, 1985), Valor de l'art (Value of art, 1993) and L'art i els seu llocs (Art and its places, 1999). Antoni Tàpies created the Antoni Tàpies Foundation in 1984 with the aim of promoting the study and knowledge of contemporary art, placing special attention on the analysis of its role in the formation of art. "Translated into Portuguese from the Antoni Tàpies Foundation website www.fundaciotapies.org