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Antonio Saura

1930 - 1998

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Antonio Saura Atarés (September 22, 1930 – July 22, 1998) was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is often remembered. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Saura has received more than 62,259 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Antonio Saura is the 1,228th most popular painter (down from 1,209th in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,048th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Antonio Saura ranks 1,228 out of 2,023Before him are Tina Blau, Bartolo di Fredi, Hans Hofmann, Paul Ranson, Bartolomeo Carducci, and Amadeo de Souza Cardoso. After him are Theodor Aman, Vladimir Makovsky, Adriaen Coorte, Roger de La Fresnaye, Franciabigio, and Francisco Bayeu y Subías.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Antonio Saura ranks 256Before him are Julián Herranz Casado, Freimut Börngen, Robert Evans, Sergei Kovalev, Dick Sargent, and Richard C. Sarafian. After him are Robert Prosky, Gianfranco Parolini, Philip Bosco, Stanley Myers, David Huddleston, and Jan P. Syse. Among people deceased in 1998, Antonio Saura ranks 130Before him are John Chadwick, Samuel Eilenberg, Keisuke Kinoshita, Qian Zhongshu, Nazim al-Qudsi, and Norberto Méndez. After him are Joan Brossa, Lev Dyomin, Chatichai Choonhavan, E. G. Marshall, Mariano Martín, and Victor Papanek.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio Saura ranks 1,055 out of 3,355Before him are Robert de Nola (1500), Miro, Count of Barcelona (926), Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Luis Mariano (1914), Juanito (1954), and Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén (1758). After him are Segundo de Chomón (1871), Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Míchel Salgado (1975), Julieta Serrano (1933), Santi Cazorla (1984), and José Coronado (1957).

Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Antonio Saura ranks 40Before him are Jaume Huguet (1412), María Blanchard (1881), Pablo Gargallo (1881), Rafael Arnaiz Barón (1911), Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815), and Joaquín Sabina (1949). After him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Julio Romero de Torres (1874), Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622), Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848), Josep Maria Subirachs (1927), and Claudio Coello (1642).