illustration

Antonio Saura's work in illustration forms a major part of his output for both its extent and its invention and variety. Confined to bed by poor health for five years when he was a young teenager, Saura first discovered the world through books and images. Very early on (1947) and throughout his life, he dreamed up characters and imaginary worlds like the series of drawings he called Grokos. Prof. Bernard Dieterle has devoted an indispensable book to Antonio Saura the illustrator (Bernard Dieterle, Illustré par SauraMélanges en hommage à Jacques Soubeyroux, Éditions du Celec, Saint-Étienne, 2008).

Julián RÍOS
Larva, Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona 1992, illustrated, with 11 mixed-media works, reproduced in colour, and 2 drawings in Indian ink, reproduced in B/W.

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