Manolo Millares, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manolo Millares

Spanish visual artist

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1926

Place of Birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1972

Profession: painter

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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 other artists like Antonio Saura, Rafael Canogar or Manuel Rivera founded the avant-garde group El Paso (The Step) in Madrid.
After showing his work in San Pablo in 1957, Millares' work was introduced to the United States in 1958.
He attained an international reputation by the early 1960s, and had a solo show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in 1961.