The painter Antonio Saura was born in Huesca on September 22, 1930. Self-taught, he began painting at the age of 15 during the convalescence of a long illness.
In 1952 he traveled to Paris. His work then evolved from early Surrealism to abstract art. In 1957 he became the leading theorist of Informalism in Spain with the founding of the El Paso Group, along with painters such as Rafael Canogar and Manuel Miralles. The artists who formed El Paso began a new chapter in the history of Spanish art: a free avant-garde was born after two decades of creative silence.
Among Saura's extensive production, works such as the series stand out. Crucifixions, History of Spain, Crowds, Imaginary portraits, Saurimaquias, etc.
His style is defined as monochrome, using only black, or almost monochrome, introducing browns and grays. Shunning formal abstraction, Saura became a powerful expressionist, disdaining traditional forms of representation. His works are found in the most important museums in the world.
He died in Cuenca in 1998.