1991

He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association alongside the film director Ingmar Bergman, the painter Balthus, and the architect Gae Aulenti.

He was made a member of the Europa Akademie.

Solo exhibitions at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, the Kunsthalle Basel, Barcelona, Frankfurt, and Leon.

The exhibition Chillida: Escala humana was held at the Palacio de Revillagigedo in Gijon, Sala Rekalde in Bilbao, and the following year at the Centro Cultural Consolidado de Caracas, Venezuela.

Chillida íntimo was on show at the Calcografía Nacional in Madrid.

1 / 1 Chillida being awarded the Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association by H.I.H. Prince Hitachi

1 / 1 Chillida and Pilar next to Empress Michiko

1 / 1 Reading his speech during the Praemium Imperiale ceremony

1 / 1 With the painter Balthus, also awarded the Praemium Imperiale

1 / 1 Installation view of the solo exhibition held at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

1 / 1 Chillida with Mesa de Omar Khayyam III [Omar Khayyam III's table] at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

1 / 1 Homenaje a Calder [Homage to Calder] at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

1 / 1 Chillida and Joaquín Goikoetxea, his helper and friend in the grounds of Zabalaga

1 / 1 With Markus Lüpertz in Madrid

1 / 1 The medal Donostia [San Sebastian]

1992

He ias awarded the Gold Medal by the City Council of San Sebastian and the Orden de Andrés Bello.

First major retrospective in his hometown, Chillida en San Sebastián, was held at the Palacio de Miramar.

The concrete sculpture Monumento a la tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] was installed at the Muelle de la Sal in Sevilla.

Helsinki, commissioned by the University of Helsinki, is placed at the Porthania Piazza.

Solo exhibitions were held in Rome, Sevilla, Tokyo, Antibes, London, and Châteauroux.

1 / 1 Frontpage of El Diario Vasco on 13 September 1992, next to Mayor Odon Elorza, being awarded the city of San Sebastian's Gold Medal

1 / 1 Estela a Rafael Ruiz Balerdi [Stele to Rafael Ruiz Balerdi], gifted to the city of San Sebastian

1 / 1 First great retrospective in San Sebastian, held at the Palacio de Miramar

1 / 1 The Chillida Belzunce family next to Peine del viento XVII [ Comb of the Wind XVII] in the Palacio de Miramar

1 / 1 Construction of Monumento a la Tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] at the Muelle de la Sal in Sevilla

1 / 1 Formwork of Monumento a la Tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] at the Muelle de la Sal in Sevilla

1 / 1 Inauguration of Monumento a la Tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] at the Muelle de la Sal in Sevilla

1 / 1 The Chillida Belzunce family with gallerist Juana de Aizpuru at the inauguration of Monumento a la Tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance]

1 / 1 Monumento a la Tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] at the Muelle de la Sal in Sevilla

1 / 1 Chillida reading in the Molino de los Vados, Castrillo de la Reina

1993

He was made a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York.

Retrospective exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, curated by Thomas Messer.

Chillida im geistlichen Raum is held at Cologne’s Sankt Peter cathedral, organised by Father Mennekes. The city’s Dioceses Museum then acquired three felt “gravitaciones” from the series Homenaje a San Juan de la Cruz [Homage to St John of the Cross].

The sculpture Diálogo-Tolerancia [Dialogue-Tolerance], commissioned by the city of Munster, was installed to commemorate the Peace of Westphalia.

1 / 1 Installation view of Chillida im geistlichen Raum at the Cologne Cathedral

1 / 1 "The ""gravitations"" Homenaje a San Juan de la Cruz, III, I y II [Homage to San Juan de la Cruz III, I, II] at the Cologne Cathedral"

1 / 1 Inaugural act for the sculpture Diálogo-Tolerancia [Dialogue-Tolerance] in Münster

1 / 1 Diálogo-Tolerancia [Dialogue-Tolerance], in Münster

1 / 1 Chillida with his grandson Adrián in his summer studio in Menorca

1994

He was made an honorary member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.

Puerta de música [Music Door] was installed at the Parque de San Domingos de Bonaval, in Santiago de Compostela.

Estela a Rafael Ruiz Balerdi [Stele for Rafael Ruiz Balerdi] was placed at the Pico del Loro in San Sebastian.

The Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid organised a show of the artist under the direction of the engineer José Antonio Fernández Ordóñez.

The book Brossa i Chillida. A peu pel llibre is published. Solo exhibitions in Bayreuth, Maguncia, and Barcelona.

1 / 1 Appointment as Honorary Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid

1 / 1 Reading Preguntas [Questions] at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid

1 / 1 Puerta de Música [Music Door] in the San Domingos de Bonaval park, Santiago de Compostela

1 / 1 Celebrating his 70th birthday at mass in the Cologne Cathedral with Father Beristain and Father Mennekes

1 / 1 Chillida in the Cologne Cathedral

1 / 1 Chillida next to Lo profundo es el aire, Estela XII [How Deep is the Air, Stele XII] in Zabalaga

1995

He was awarded the Premio AECA at ARCO, Madrid, and the Grã-Cruz da Ordem do Mérito in Portugal, handed by Mário Soares.

Estela a Rodríguez Sahagún [Stele for Rodríguez Sahagún] was placed at the Rodríguez Sahagún Park in Madrid.

A graphic work exhibition was held at the Casa de la Moneda in Madrid, curated by José Miguel Ullán, and En el límite at the Synagoge Stommeln in Pulheim.

Solo exhibitions in Vitoria, Paris, Leverkusen, Seoul, Salzburg, London, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Mahon, and Vienna.

1 / 1 Estela a Rodríguez Sahagún [Stele to Rodríguez Sahagún]

1 / 1 Chillida and the publisher Edouard Weiss in Chillida's San Sebastian home, Intzenea

1 / 1 Andrés Nagel and Chillida at the Musée de Guéthary

1 / 1 Chillida with his sons Ignacio and Pedro at Ignacio's engraving studio, Hatz, in San Sebastian

1 / 1 Chillida in the Zabalaga country house

1996

He received the Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture from the Royal Academy of Arts in London for his sculpture Arco de la libertad [Arch of Freedom].

Named Doctor honoris causa by the University of Alicante.

La Accademia Internazionale d'Arte Moderna made him Membro dell’Albo d'Oro del Senato Accademico.

He was also made an honorary member of the Instituto Vasco de Criminología, in San Sebastian.

Fundación Focus nominated him as «Greatest Spaniard in the Art World» during 1995.

He was awarded the Premio Cultura Viva in Madrid and the Racimo de Oro de la Rioja Alavesa in Lapuebla de Labarca.

The Sinclair-Haus in Bad Homburg acquired Besarkada X [Embrace X].

Lizardiren leihoa [Lizardi’s Window] gifted by the artist in 1983 as an homage to the poet, was installed in Tolosa.

He presented in Fuerteventura his project for the mountain Tindaya.

The Bellerive Museum in Zurich set up an exhibition entitled Sculptures in clay, which then travelled to Sundern, Düsseldorf, and Lund.

He participated in the Museum Würth’s exhibition Plätze und Platzzeichen, with works by Anthony Caro, Robert Jacobsen, and Bernhard Luginbühl, as well as in the exhibition in homage to poet Yves Bonnefoy at the Musée Jenisch Vevey.

Another collective exhibition, Chillida-Serra-Giacometti was held at the Galería Nieves Fernández in Madrid.

Solo exhibitions were held at the Casa del Cordón in Burgos, Sala Verónicas in Murcia, Baukunst Gallery in Cologne, Museum Kunstverein in Osnabrück, and the Museu de l’Almodí in Valencia.

1 / 1 Arco de la Libertad [Arch of Freedom] in the grounds of Zabalaga

1 / 1 Besarkada X [Embrace X] in Zabalaga

1 / 1 Lizardiren leihoa [Lizardi's Window], in Tolosa

1 / 1 The Tindaya Mountain in Fuerteventura

1 / 1 Aerial view of the model for the Tindaya project

1 / 1 Model of the interior (45 x 50 x 65 meters) of the Tindaya project

1 / 1 Entrance to the solo exhibition at the Galerie Baukunst, Cologne

1 / 1 In his studio of Villa Ingeborg, San Sebastian

1 / 1 In Hans Spinner's ceramic workshop in Grasse

1997

He was named Doctor honoris causa by the University of the Basque Country as proposed by the Engineering School.

He received the Universal Basque Award, along with Monseñor Laboa, granted by the Basque Government. He was also awarded the Premio Prestigio Rioja and the Premio Europeo de Comunicación Jordi Xifra y Heras in Girona.

The steel sculpture Jaula de la libertad [The Cage of Freedom] was installed in the city of Tréveris.

Elogio del hierro III [In Praise of Iron III] was installed in Bilbao, and the alabaster piece Camino hacia la paz [The Path to Peace] at the Buen Pastor cathedral in San Sebastian.

He created four engravings for the book L’Écriture ou la Vie [Literature or Life] by Jorge Semprún.

The exhibition Chillida und die Musik opened at Sinclair-Haus in Bad Homburg. Besarkada X was installed in its gardens. The catalogue for the exhibition included an interview of the artist with Mario Terés.

The show Chillida-Leku was held at La Pedrera, in Barcelona, organised by Daniel Giralt-Miracle. Other solo exhibitions included one at the Remba Gallery in Los Ángeles, the Tasende Gallery in La Jolla, the Meyer-Ellinger Gallery in Frankfurt, and the Museo Nivola in Orani.

An exhibition around the Tindaya project, organised by Kosme de Barañano and Lorenzo Fernández Ordóñez, was presented first in Puerto Rosario and then at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld and the Museo de Euskal Herria in Guernica.

He participated in the collective exhibition Experiment en ruimte, with works by Picasso, González, and Miró, at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.

1 / 1 Chillida during his appointment as Doctor honoris causa by the UPV/EHU

1 / 1 Inauguration of La jaula de la Libertad [The Cage of Freedom] in Münster

1 / 1 Inauguración de La jaula de la Libertad en Münster

1 / 1 Elogio del Hierro III [In Praise of Iron III]

1 / 1 Elogio del Hierro III [In Praise of Iron III] in the Plaza Circular in Bilbao

1 / 1 Camino hacia la Paz [The Path to Peace]

1 / 1 Camino hacia la Paz [The Path to Peace] installed at the Buen Pastor Cathedral in San Sebastian

1 / 1 Chillida working on a granite sculpture with Carlos Lizariturry

1 / 1 In his studio of Villa Ingeborg, San Sebastian

1998

He was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award by the lnternational Sculpture Center in Washington.

He was awarded La Rosa d'Oro in Palermo and the National Print Award by the Calcografía Nacional in Madrid for his work Guggenheim III. He was also given the Gold Medal of Gipuzkoa.

The speech he gave on occasion of his appointment as Doctor honoris causa by the Engineering School in Bilbao was published.

The artist book Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach [Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach], published by Edouard Weiss, was presented at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, and later exhibited in a variety of European cities.

Mural G-333 was installed at the square outside the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona.

A great retrospective, Chillida 1948-1998, was held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, and the following year at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.

Chillida. Elogio del hierro was on show at IVAM, Valencia, and Eduardo Chillida. Mark Rothko wass held at the Galería Elvira González in Madrid, with a catalogue by Kosme de Barañano.

Other solo shows were held in Madrid, Amersfoort, Koper, Girona, and Zaragoza.

1 / 1 Guggenheim III

1 / 1 Chillida by Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach [Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach]. Paris: Edouard Weiss, 1997

1 / 1 Inauguration of Barcelona, Mural G-333 outside MACBA, Barcelona

1 / 1 Chillida at the Inauguration of Barcelona, Mural G-333 outside MACBA, Barcelona

1 / 1 Inauguración de Barcelona, Mural G-333 en el MACBA, Barcelona

Chillida with Kosme de Barañano and King Juan Carlos I in the opening of the anthological exhibition Chillida 1948-1998 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

1 / 1 Chillida with Kosme de Barañano and King Juan Carlos I in the opening of the anthological exhibition Chillida 1948-1998 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

1 / 1 Installation view of Chillida 1948-1998 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

1 / 1 Chillida with Buscando la luz I [Searching for Light I]

1 / 1 Chillida at the door of his home, Intzenea, San Sebastian

1 / 1 Chillida at the Peine del viento [Comb of the Wind]

1 / 1 Chillida Belzunce family in Intzenea, San Sebastian

1999

He was awarded the Eusko Ikaskuntza-Laboral Kutxa Prize for the Humanities, Culture, Arts and Social Sciences.

The presentation of the artist book in homage to Parménides, Le poème, was held at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

The book Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach [Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach], was exhibited at the Bach-Museum Leipzig, the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, and the Kunstkreis Konradshöhe in Munich.

The collective exhibition Spanische Kunst am Ende des Jahrhunderts was held at the Museum Würth in Künzelsau.

Solo exhibition Murales was set up at the Galerie Lelong in Paris. Other solo shows took place in Frankfurt, Palma de Mallorca, Nuoro, Munich, Saarbrucken, Milan, A Coruña, Krems, Colonia, Madrid, and Mendrisio.

Chillida, his son Ignacio, and the publisher Sandro Rumney at the book presentation for Le poème by Parmenides (New York: Art of This Century), at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice

1 / 1 Chillida, his son Ignacio, and the publisher Sandro Rumney at the book presentation for Le poème by Parmenides (New York: Art of This Century), at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice

1 / 1 At the opening of the anthological exhibition Chillida 1948-1998, now at the Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao

1 / 1 Installation view of Chillida 1948-1998 at the Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao

1 / 1 Firing of Berlin at the Sidenor forge in Reinosa

1 / 1 Eduardo in the Ondarreta beach, San Sebastian

2000

He was appointed Doctor honoris causa by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The same university held the exhibition Chillida ante la filosofía.

The University of the Basque country planted a tree as a symbol of his appointment as Doctor honoris causa in the town of Leioa.

He was awarded the Piepenbrock Preis für Skulptur in Berlin.

The artist’s museum, Chillida-Leku, opened in Hernani, Gipuzkoa.

The Plaza Eduardo Chillida was inaugurated in front of the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao.

The sculpture Berlín, which commemorates the German reunification, was installed in the grounds of the German Chancellery in Berlin.

Enparantza II (Homenaje a San Ignacio) [Square II (Homage to Saint Ignatius)] was installed at the Sanctuary of Loyola, Gipuzkoa.

The book Anthony Caro, Eduardo Chillida: Sculptors Talking, published by Art of This Century and Annely Juda Fine Art, was presented at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.

Solo exhibition at the Auditorio de Galicia, in Santiago de Compostela. Others were held in Bilbao, Porto, Zaragoza, Segovia, Fuendetodos, Berlin, San Sebastian, Cologne, Munster, and Paris.

The book Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach [Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach], was exhibited at the Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, at the Fundación Archivo Manuel de Falla, in Granada, and the Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea in San Sebastian.

Chillida and Pilar with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, President Felipe Aznar, and Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe among others, underneath the sculpture Berlín at the opening of the Museo Chillida Leku, Hernani

1 / 1 Chillida and Pilar with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, President Felipe Aznar, and Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe among others, underneath the sculpture Berlín at the opening of the Museo Chillida Leku, Hernani