Tapies' early work was strongly influenced by surrealist painters like Miro and Klee.

BBC: Spanish artist Antoni Tapies dies aged 88

Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, who was one of the world's leading contemporary art figures, has died aged 88.

BBC: Spanish artist Antoni Tapies dies aged 88

Aged 17, Tapies suffered a heart attack which was caused by tuberculosis.

BBC: Spanish artist Antoni Tapies dies aged 88

An innkeeper himself, Tapies is the first non-French president of the association since its founding in 1954 by a group of French hoteliers.

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