Dario Villalba

1939 San Sebastián – 2018 Madrid

Studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, San Fernando. International Prize for Painting, Art Biennale, Sao Paulo 1973, Biennale of Graphic Work, Ljubljana 1979, National Prize for Fine Arts, Madrid 1983, Royal Gold Medal for Fine Arts, Granada 2003. Participated at „Contemporary Spanish Painting“, New York 1964, Biennale of Sao Paulo, 1965, „Realism in Contemporary Spanish Painting“, Moscow, Leningrad 1978, „New Images from Spain“, Guggenheim Museum, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1980, „Cinq siècles d’art Espagnol: L’Imagination Nouvelle Les années 70-80“, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris 1987, „La Colección Permanente“, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia 2001, 2004, „Noli me tangere!“, Kolumba Kunstmuseum, Cologne 2010/11. Retrospective at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1976, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia 1994. Exhibition Catalogue „Darío Villalba. New Paintings. Autobography of Images“, Gallery Michael Hasenclever, Munich 1992, „Darío Villalba: Una Vision Antologica 1957-2007“, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid 2007.