Eduardo Sanz received his earliest training in art from José Cataluña. In 1953, he enrolled to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. He was known from his earliest exhibitions as a disciple of the abstract informalism being advocated by the El Paso group at the end of the 1950s. However, he progressively evolved towards expressionist figuration, filtered through the spectrum of a certain post-cubism. After investigating with materials such as mirrors and glass, in an attempt to develop a three-dimensional approach, Sanz finally chose to explore themes related to the sea, landscape and its surrounding features.
He exhibited for the first time in a group show at the Sala Sur (Santander, 1954) and held his first solo exhibition two years later at the Galería Delta (Santander, 1956). His work was exhibited at the Sala del Prado del Ateneo (Madrid, 1964) and at the Second Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Santillana del Mar (1971). The Santander Municipal Museum of Fine Art devoted an anthological exhibition to him in 1971 and, two years later, another was held at the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid. He also took part in the São Paulo Biennial (1963) and the Venice Biennale (1968). In 2012 the Galería Fernández-Braso in Madrid opened a major retrospective of his work.
Eduardo Sanz received his earliest training in art from José Cataluña. In 1953, he enrolled to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. He was known from his earliest exhibitions as a disciple of the abstract informalism being advocated by the El Paso group at the end of the 1950s. However, he progressively evolved towards expressionist figuration, filtered through the spectrum of a certain post-cubism. After investigating with materials such as mirrors and glass, in an attempt to develop a three-dimensional approach, Sanz finally chose to explore themes related to the sea, landscape and its surrounding features.
He exhibited for the first time in a group show at the Sala Sur (Santander, 1954) and held his first solo exhibition two years later at the Galería Delta (Santander, 1956). His work was exhibited at the Sala del Prado del Ateneo (Madrid, 1964) and at the Second Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Santillana del Mar (1971). The Santander Municipal Museum of Fine Art devoted an anthological exhibition to him in 1971 and, two years later, another was held at the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid. He also took part in the São Paulo Biennial (1963) and the Venice Biennale (1968). In 2012 the Galería Fernández-Braso in Madrid opened a major retrospective of his work.