Manolo Millares

Manolo Millares (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, 17 January 1926 -- Madrid, 14 August 1972) was a Spanish painter. Self-taught as an artist, Millares was introduced to Surrealism in 1948. In 1953, he moved to Madrid and became an abstract painter. In 1957, Millares along with Antonio Saura and Pablo Serrano founded the avant-garde group El Paso (The Step) in Madrid. He attained an international reputation by the early 1960s, and had a solo show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in 1961.
In Madrid, Millares was associated with 'The Informalists', a group of artists including Antoni Tàpies, Enrique Tábara, Antonio Saura, Laurent Jiménez-Balaguer and Aníbal Villacís among many others who insisted that art should be removed from theory and concept. To these artists, the gesture used to make a painting was all-important. In the 1950s, Millares began to make dramatic collages from found materials, especially burlap.
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[@J0hnC0ltrane]

Manolo Millares understood materials and composition A new creator to me. Thank you.

[@mayormc]

Love this work.

[@rc93013]

I recall my first experience with Millares at the Tate Modern around 2015….blown away by the power. Saw more works in Barcelona a few years later. I adore his work…

[@robertspies4695]

Great work. Better than anything I have seen at so called art fairs in the last few years.

[@donnadees1971]

I actually love his work.

[@ignaciogonzalez2392]

Me encanta la obra de Manuel Millares, me llega mucho se obra llena de fuerza y expresividad.

[@ericbabcock846]

New to me THNX love his command of Black & White better than Anslem Keifer at composition

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