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1954 Diploma de honor
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1958 Gran Premio di Scultura
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1957 Graham Foundation Award for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
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1960 Prix Kandinsky
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1966 Groβer Kunstpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
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1966 Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Preis
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1975 Rembrandt Preis
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1981 Medalla de oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes
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1985 Kunstpreis Goslarer Kaiserring
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1987 Principe de Asturias
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1988 Orden Pour le Mérite
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1991 Praemium Imperiale
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1994 Miembro honorario
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1997 Doctor honoris causa
Honours and Awards
1954
Honorary Diploma, Trienniale di Milano
Milan, Italy
1957
Graham Foundation Award for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Chicago, United States
1958
Gran Premio di Scultura alla Biennale di Venezia
Venice, Italy
Medal of The Order of Isabella the Catholic
Madrid, Spain
1960
Prix Kandinsky
Paris, France
1964
Carnegie Prize, Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
1966
Groβer Kunstpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Institute Prize
Providence, United States
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Preis
City of Duisburg, Germany
1970
Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Munich, Germany
Wellington Sculpture Prize
Madrid, Spain
1971
Art Critics’ Award
Barcelona, Spain
Visiting Professor at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Harvard University
Boston, United States
Commendation of the City of Donostia-San Sebastián
Spain
International Jury Award of the 9th International Exhibition of Graphic Arts
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1972
3rd International Exhibition of Original Drawings Award, Rijeka Modern Gallery
Rijeka, Croatia
1973
La Taula
Barcelona, Spain
1974
International Prize of the Comune of Diano Marina
Italy
1975
Rembrandt-Preis of the Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Stiftung
Basel, Germany
1976
Print Award of the Ministry of Culture
Tokyo, Japan
1977
Honorary Member of the Hispanic Society of America
New York, United States
1978
Andrew W. Mellon Prize, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Pittsburgh, United States
Juan XXIII de la "Pau I Treva" Award
Perpignan, France
1981
Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports
Madrid, Spain
1983
Europe Prize in the Fine Arts
Strasbourg, France
Honorary Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Art
London, United Kingdom
1984
Grand Prix national des Arts et des Lettres, Ministry of Culture
Paris, France
1985
Wolf Prize in Arts (Sculpture), Wolf Foundation
Herzliya, Israel
Kunstpreis Goslarer Kaiserring of the City of Goslar
Germany
1986
Euzkadi magazine award
Bilbao, Spain
1987
Officer’s Cross of The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bonn, Germany
Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, Princess of Asturias Foundation
Madrid, Spain
“Lorenzo Il Magnífico” Award
Florence Biennale, Italy
Honorary Senator of Accademia Internazionale Medicea
Florence, Italy
1988
Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste
Bonn, Germany
Grenchen Triennial Original Print Award
Switzerland
El Correo Español Cultura y Arte
Bilbao, Spain
Premis Ciutat de Barcelona, Barcelona City Hall
Barcelona, Spain
1989
Honorary Architect of the Colegio de Arquitectos
Madrid, Spain
1990
Prix Biennale Européenne de L’estampe Contemporaine
Luxembourg
Ildefonso Cerdà Medal, Colegio de Ingenieros de Cataluña
Barcelona, Spain
Hombre del Año Award, ABC Newspaper
Madrid, Spain
Premio 16 del Año (Fine Arts), Cambio 16
Madrid, Spain
Tomás Francisco Prieto Award, Fundación Casa de la Moneda
Madrid, Spain
Venice Biennale Homage: Eduardo Chillida: XLIV Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, at the Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna of Ca' Pesaro
Venice, Italy
1991
Kuratorium Member of the Europa Akademie
Bonn, Germany
Member of the Akademie der Künste
Berlin, Germany
Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association
Tokyo, Japan
Member of the Fine Arts Academy,
Paris, France
1992
Fundación Sabino Arana Award
Bilbao, Spain
First Class Award of the Order of Andrés Bello
Caracas, Venezuela
Gold Medal of the City of San Sebastian
Spain
"La paz no es un cuento" Award
Bilbao, Spain
1993
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, United States
Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
New York, United States
1994
Honorary Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Madrid, Spain
1995
AECA Award, Arco'95
Madrid, Spain
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
Lisbon, Portugal
1996
Cultura Viva National Award, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Madrid, Spain
Doctor honoris causa, University of Alicante
Spain
Best Spaniard in the Art World 1995, Focus On Spain
Madrid, Spain
Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts
London, United Kingdom
Honorary Member of the Basque Institute of Criminology
San Sebastian, Spain
Honorary Member of the Senato Accademico, Accademia Internazionale d'Arte Moderna
Rome, Italy
“Racimo de Oro” of Lapuebla de Labarca
La Rioja Alavesa, Spain
El Punto de las Artes magazine Award
Madrid, Spain
1997
Doctor honoris causa, University of the Basque Country
Bilbao, Spain
Vasco Universal Award, Basque Government and Caja Laboral
Vitoria, Spain
Premio Prestigio Rioja, Consejo Regulador de la D.O.Ca Rioja
La Rioja, Spain
Premi Europeu de Comunicacio I Relacio Publiques Jordi Xifra i Heras
Gerona, Spain
1998
National Print Award, Calcografía Nacional
Madrid, Spain
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center
Chicago, United States
“Rosa d'Oro” International Award, Novecento Publishing House
Palermo, Italy
1999
Eusko Ikaskuntza-Caja Laboral de Humanidades, Cultura, Arte y Ciencias Sociales
San Sebastian, Spain
2000
Doctor honoris causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
2001
FEPET 2000 Award, Federación Española de Periodistas y Escritores de Turismo
Madrid, Spain
2002
Medal of the Arts, Musée des Arts et des Traditions Populaires
Paris, France
Medal for Artistic Merit, Madrid City Hall
Madrid, Spain
2003
III Julio González International Award, IVAM
Valencia, Spain
Grand Cross for Humanitarian Merit, Institució del Mèrit Humanitari
Barcelona, Spain
2004
Medal of The Order of Constitutional Merit
Madrid, Spain