Artist Birthdays September 22 – ANTONIO SAURA

ANTONIO SAURA (September 22, 1930 – July 22, 1998)

• Nationality: Spanish
• Field: Painting, sculpture
• Art Movement: Surrealism, El Paso Group
• ARTiFact: Self-taught, he began to paint in 1947 while bedridden from tuberculosis.
• Artist Quote: “The canvas is a battlefield without limits.”
• Notable Artwork (shown below): Retrato 5b, 1963.

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