Eusebio Sempere Biography
Onil, Alicante (Spain), 1923 - 1985
Master Spanish artist Eusebio Sempere established himself as one of Spain's foremost artists with his abstract, geometric works.
Born in a small town in the province of Alicante, Sempere moved to Valencia at the age of 17 to attend the school of fine arts. Feeling limited by the school's ban on modern art, he traveled to Paris where he became immersed in the new geometric, kinetic movement.
In 1960, he returned to Spain and settled in Madrid. His sensibility and lyricism defined a stylistic evolution and established him as one of the most captivating artist of the Spanish art scene.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - 1949 Mateu Arte, Valencia. - 1954 Ateneo Mercantil, Valencia. - 1961 Ateneo de Madrid. - 1964 Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York. - 1964 Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Ohio. - 1972 Galeria Egam, Madrid. - 1974 Galeria 42, Barcelona. - 1975 Galeria Rayuela, Madrid. - 1977 Galeria de la Mota, Madrid. - 1978 Galeria Sur, Santander. - 1980 Exposicion Antologica, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid. - 1980 Exposicion Antologica, Caja de Ahorros Alicante y Murcia. - 1983 Galeria Denise Rene, Paris. - 1985 Obra Grafica 1946-1982, Banco de Bilbao, Bilbao. - 1988 Galeria Fernando Silio, Santander. - 1992 Museo Barjola, Gijon. - 1993 Galeria Quorum, Madrid. - 1995 Homenaje a Sempere, Palacio Municipal, Alicante. - 1998 Antologia. IVAM, Valencia. - 1999 Los años de formacion, Universidad de Valencia. - 1999 Homenaje a Eusebio Sempere. Ayuntamiento de Onil.
SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS - Institut Valencia d'Art Modern IVAM, Valencia - Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia - Museo de Arte Moderno de Barcelona - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Madrid - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bilbao - Museo de Arte Abstracto de Cuenca - Museo de Arte Moderno de Sevilla - Museo de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - Fogg Museum, Harvard University - Museum of Modern Art, New York - Brooklyn Museum, New York - Museum of Modern Art, Atlanta - Baltimore Museum, Maryland - Museum of Hamburg, Germany - British Museum, London - Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela - Museo de Tel-Aviv, Israel - Museo de Winterthur, Switzerland - The Nacional Museum of Western, Japan - Fundacion Juan March, Madrid
Pemios, Becas y Adquisiciones - 1948 Beca de Ampliacion de Estudio del SEU - 1964 Beca Ford del Instituto Internacional de Nueva York - 1980 Medalla de Oro al Merito de las Bellas Artes, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid - 1983 Premio Principe de Asturias de las Artes - 1983 Premio Alfons Roig, Diputacion de Valencia