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1922<\/h6>\n

Born on the 15th of September, in Buenos-Aires, to Sergio Federico Fernandez de Castro. On his father\u2019s side \u2013 a prominent family from the north of Spain (Galicia), taking roots in the 9th century (Castro Jeriz), fighting the Moors in Las Navas de Tolosa (13th century). The family includes several viceroys (Naples, Sicily, Peru) and the dedicatee of the 2nd volume of Don Quixote. On his mother\u2019s side- Basque ancestry. His grand-father- the prime minister of Argentine.<\/p>\n

1923-32<\/h6>\n

Childhood in Switzerland (Lausanne and Geneva) and Italy (Turin)<\/p>\n

1933-38<\/h6>\n

Pupil of the Jesuits in Montevideo, studies musical composition.
\nDiscovers poetry while learning Castilian, captivated by the Vallejo poetry. Then associates with Neruda, Paz, Cortazar.<\/p>\n

1939<\/h6>\n

Walks along the Uruguay shore all alone, from Montevideo to Brazil, spending nights at police stations in villages. First meeting with Joaquin Torres-Garcia. Studies architecture.
\nPremiers contacts avec Joaquin Torres-Garcia. Etudes d\u2019architecture.<\/p>\n

1940<\/h6>\n

First concert of his works at the Montevideo University. First poems: Poesia I.- Ecos<\/p>\n

1941<\/h6>\n

Torres-Garcia\u2019s disciple until 1949. Painting and Monumental Art.<\/p>\n

1942<\/h6>\n

Settles in Buenos Aires. Works on painting and musical composition. His works exhibited in the Ateneo de Montevideo, Taller Torres-Garcia.<\/p>\n

1944<\/h6>\n

Creates two murals for the decoration accomplished by Torres-Garcia and his apprentices in the Martiren\u00e9 Pavilion of the Saint-Bois Hospital (Montevideo).
\nExhibits in Buenos Aires, \u00abPintura uruguaya\u00bb, Comte Gallery.<\/p>\n

1945<\/h6>\n

Settles in Cordoba, Argentine, as Manuel de Falla\u2019s assistant in Alta Gracia.<\/p>\n

1946<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in New-York with the \u00abTaller Torres-Garcia\u00bb.
\nTravels to the north-west of Argentine and the south of Peru to study Pre-Columbian Art, together with Gonzalo Fonseca, Julio Uruguay Alpuy, Jonio Montiel.<\/p>\n

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1947 Sergio de Castro, A Saderman<\/p><\/div>\n

1947<\/h6>\n

Returns to Buenos Aires.
\nExhibition of A.Torres, Castro, Montiel in Buenos Aires, Viau Gallery.<\/p>\n

1948<\/h6>\n

His artworks exhibited at the Santa Fe Fine Arts Museum, Argentine.
\nCecilia Ingenieros, Martha Graham\u2019s disciple, creates a ballet based on his \u00abDoce variationes breves\u00bb at the Teatro del Pueblo, Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

1949<\/h6>\n

Professor of Music History at the new conservatory of La Plata.
\nJoaquin Torres-Garcia\u2019s death on August 8, Montevideo.
\nGains a scholarship from the French Government for completing his musical studies in Paris.<\/p>\n

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1949 Sergio de Castro, A Saderman<\/p><\/div>\n

1950<\/h6>\n

Severe asthma attacks. Stay at the Necker hospital inspires drawings of women in veils.
\nTrip to Italy: Tuscan, Umbria and Veneto.
\nFirst travel diary: Italy, France
\nMember of the musical band Zodiaque<\/em> conducted by Maurice Ohana.<\/p>\n

1951<\/h6>\n

El Puerto<\/em>, oil on canvas, 160 x 300 cm.
\nEnds his composing activity, consecrates on painting and monumental art \u2013 stained glass.
\nFirst article on his work – A la d\u00e9couverte de Sergio de Castro <\/em>– by Jean Bouret in \u201cArts\u201d, Paris, 16.03.51.
\nSecond trip to Italy: Rome, Naples, Venice.<\/p>\n

1952<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition in Paris: Natures mortes<\/em>, Jeanne Castel Gallery, and in Buenos Aires: Bonino Gallery, Oeuvres lin\u00e9aires<\/em>, prefaced by Julio E. Payr\u00f4.
\nMeeting with Picasso in Paris and the Midi where he spends summer.
\nBeginning of a series of tempera.<\/p>\n

1953<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in Paris: \u00abPrix Buhrl\u00e9\u00bb, Kaganovich Gallery; in Buenos Aires: Dibujos de artistas argentines, Bonino Gallery.
\nSettles in his first workshop on the 16 bis Rue du Saint-Gothard, where he will be working for his whole life.
\nBeginning of his famous linear compositions.<\/p>\n

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1960 L\u2019Atelier de Sergio de Castro<\/p><\/div>\n

1954<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition in Paris: Pierre Gallery, Peintures \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uf, and in Buenos Aires, Van Rief Gallery.
\nSeries of tinted paper.<\/p>\n

1955<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in Paris, Six peintres<\/em>, Rive-Gauche Gallery: D\u00e9couvrir<\/em>.
\nCharpentier Gallery, \u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>, his canvas hung on the main picture rail: Bazaine, Castro, Picasso, Lanskoy, de Sta\u00ebl.
\nTrip to Belgium and Holland. First trip to Greece, his stay in the Cyclades would deeply influence his painting.<\/p>\n

1956<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition in Paris: Rive-Gauche Gallery, Huiles R\u00e9centes<\/em>, and in Buenos Aires: Bonino Gallery, Papiers teint\u00e9s<\/em>.
\nExhibits in Tokyo, Asahi; Munich, Grosse Kunstausstellung; Chauvigny, Chateau d\u2019Harcourt; Paris: Saint-Placide Gallery and Charpentier Gallery.
\nBegins his stained glass window of 6 x 20 m – La Cr\u00e9ation du Monde<\/em> – for the Benedictine Monastery of Saint-Sacrement in Couvrechef-la-Folie (Caen).<\/p>\n

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1957 Sergio de Castro devant la Cr\u00e9ation du Monde<\/p><\/div>\n

1957<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in Turin: Biennale Francia-Italia<\/em>, Palazzo delle Arte al Valentino; in Paris: Le Blanc<\/em>, La Roue Gallery, and \u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>, Charpentier Gallery.<\/p>\n

1958<\/h6>\n

L\u2019Atelier de l\u2019artiste<\/em>, oil on canvas, 200×300 cm.
\nFrancis Matthiesen organizes the first important personal exhibition of the artist at the London Gallery. Forty three works exhibited between 1956 and 1958.
\nCatalogue with a full-page colour cover, texts by Andr\u00e9 Chastel, Petit portrait de Sergio de Castro<\/em>, and by Denys Sutton, Sergio de Castro<\/em>.
\nExhibits in Lucerne: Junge Maler aus Deutschland und Frankreich<\/em>, Kunst-Museum; in Paris: Aquarelles et Gouaches<\/em>, Rive-Gauche Gallery and \u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>, Charpentier Gallery.<\/p>\n

1959<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in Kassel, Documenta II<\/em>; in Liverpool: John Moore Foundation, Walker Art Gallery; in Turin: \u00ab Biennale Francia-Italia \u00bb, Palazzo delle Arti al Valentino; in London: Recent acquisitions<\/em>, Art Council; in Paris: Peintres et Sculpteurs argentins<\/em>, France-Am\u00e9rique Commitee, Grand Palais.<\/p>\n

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1959 Sergio de Castro, M Lavrillier<\/p><\/div>\n

1960<\/h6>\n

Tryptique de l\u2019atelier<\/em>, oil on canvas, 114×292 cm.
\nReceives the award at the Fifth International Hallmark Art Award – Alechinsky, Marcicano, Charchoune, Castro.
\nExhibits in New-York: Prix Hallmark, Wildenstein Gallery; in Buenos Aires, Sesquicentenario<\/em>, National Museum of Fine Arts; in Paris: Art Sacr\u00e9<\/em> at the Museum of Modern Art City of Paris, and \u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>, Charpentier Gallery.
\nTrip to Spain: Castille and Andalusia.<\/p>\n

1961<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition at the Matthiesen Gallery, London, Oeuvres 1959 \u2013 1961<\/em>.
\nExhibits in Rio-de-Janeiro: Arte Argentina Contemporanea<\/em>, Museum of Modern Art; and in Paris: \u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>, Charpentier Gallery.<\/p>\n

1962<\/h6>\n

Denys Sutton organizes the exhibition \u201cDes Traitres 1962\u201d<\/em> – Aguayo, Castro, Calliyannis, Lago \u2013 at the Leicester Gallery, London.<\/p>\n

1963<\/h6>\n

Bruno Lorenzelli exhibits four works of the artist in Milan, 1958-1963.
\nCatalogueue prefaced by Lamberto Vitali. Quotation of the texts by Jean Bouret, Andr\u00e9 Chastel, Franck Elgar, John Russel, Ren\u00e9 de Solier, Denys Sutton, Leslie Waddington.
\nTwo colour plates, thirty-nine plates in black.
\nExhibits in London: Leicester Gallery, Artist as Collectors<\/em>; in Paris: National Museum of Modern Art, Art Argentin Actuel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1964<\/h6>\n

L\u2019atelier<\/em> \u2013 \u00e9t\u00e9 64, oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm, purchased by the Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts, Vienna. Personal exhibitions in Basel, Bettie Thommen Gallery, and in Bergamo, Lorenzelli Gallery. Paris publication of the monograph Sergio de Castro<\/em> including the text provided by Denys Sutton. Cover and new colour plates, thirty-six plates in black. Artist\u2019s photograph by Marc Lavrillier.<\/p>\n

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1964 Exposition personnelle, Galerie Bettie Thommen, B\u00e2le<\/p><\/div>\n

1965<\/h6>\n

Hans Platte organizes the first retrospective of the artist\u2019s painting in Kunstverein, Hambourg. One hundred and ten works exhibited between 1955 and 1965. Catalogueue prefaced by Hans Platte, recto-verso full page in colour, four colour plates, thirty in black. Artist\u2019s photograph by Claus Magelhaes.
\nExhibits in Florence: Arte Contemporeana<\/em>, Palazzo Strozzi; in Bergamo, Lorenzelli Gallery; in Buenos-Aires: Artes Visuales I<\/em>, Eduardo Sivori Museum; Zurich: Natures Mortes<\/em>, Obere Zaune Gallery.<\/p>\n

1966<\/h6>\n

Gr\u00e8ce Immortelle<\/em>, 1965 oil on canvas, 114 x 46 cm, purchased by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam.
\nRetrospective exhibition at the Art and History Museum of Fribourg, Switzerland. These three works exhibited between 1955 and 1966. Catalogueue prefaced by Marcel Struh. Quotation of the texts by Jean Bouret, Pierre Descargues, Julio E. Payro, Andr\u00e9 Chastel, Franck Elgar, Manuel Mujica-Lainez, Cordoba Iturburu, Ren\u00e9 de Solier, Denys Sutton, John Russel, Leslie Waddington, Emir Rodriguez Monegal, Lamberto Vitali, Marco Valsecchi, Paul Theodor Hoffmann, Hans Platte. Thirty plates in black. Artist\u2019s photographs by Ren\u00e9 Bersier.
\nPersonal exhibition in Dom Gallery, Cologne, works of 1961-1966.
\nVariationnen \u00fcber ein Thema<\/em> exhibition organized by Thomas Grochowiak at the St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, featuring eight variations on El Gr\u00e9co by Sergio de Castro alongside five studies on Velasquez by Francis Bacon.
\nSpends October in Tunisia, his stay inspires important changes to his painting.<\/p>\n

1967<\/h6>\n

Tol\u00e8de L\u2019an mil<\/em>, oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm.
\nExhibits at the Kunstverein, Hamburg, Von Bauhaus bis zum Gegenwart, catalogueue colour plate 2; at the St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Zauber der Lichte.<\/p>\n

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1967 Sergio de Castro, R Bersier<\/p><\/div>\n

1968<\/h6>\n

Exhibits in Fribourg, Switzerland, de Lautrec \u00e0 Matthieu<\/em>, Art and History Museum.<\/p>\n

1969<\/h6>\n

L\u2019atelier<\/em>, 1966, gouache on paper, 75 x 52.5 cm. Purchased by the National Fund of the Arts, Buenos Aires.
\nSeptember, installation of the monumental glass work la R\u00e9demption<\/em> in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church of Hamburg.<\/p>\n

1970<\/h6>\n

August-November, Gertrud Kobke Sutton organizes a retrospective and travelling exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening, Holstebro Kunstforening, and the Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen. Forty-seven works are exhibited, six plates in black. Artist\u2019s photography by Ren\u00e9 Bersier.<\/p>\n

1971<\/h6>\n

His painting evolves towards the Baroque style, more visionary and tortuous.
\nSpends autumn in Venice.<\/p>\n

1972<\/h6>\n

L\u2019atelier-\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em>, 1959, oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm. Purchased by the French State.
\nZagouan, lumi\u00e8re bleue<\/em> (1968), oil on canvas, 50 x 73 cm. Purchased by The Columbia Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio.
\nDenys Sutton brings together the collection of thirty one landscapes of the Tunisian period between 1967 and 1971 entitled Landscape of Light<\/em> at the Wildenstein Gallery, London. Catalogueue prefaced by Denys Sutton and the artist. One colour plate, ten plates in black. Artist\u2019s photograph by Martine Franck.
\nDenise Renard presents in Paris, Jacob Gallery, a collection of gouaches dating to 1961-1971. Preface by Claude Esteban, Cosa Mentale.<\/p>\n

1973<\/h6>\n

Espagne<\/em>, tryptich, oil on canvas, 100 x 310 cm.
\nS\u00e8vres 2000<\/em>, held in the Chateau of the town d\u2019Avray, Fance Franck\u2019s pottery and porcelain of S\u00e8vres, together with gouaches and a complete series of black board pieces of Sergio de Castro. Catalogueue prefaced by Jean-Dominique Ray.
\nExhibits in Paris, 27e Salon des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s Nouvelles<\/em>.
\nFirst edition of the Encyclopedia Universalis, volume 2, the article Atelier<\/em> by Maire-Jos\u00e9e Mondzain, page 707 to 711, three workshops reprinted: Vermeer, Braque, Castro.<\/p>\n

1974<\/h6>\n

Denis Renard presents a collection of twenty one paintings of 1970-1972 at the Jacob Gallery, Paris. Catalogueue prefaced by Guy Weelen, Ceci regarde la peinture<\/em>, full-page cover in colour, fourteen plates in black.
\nPersonal exhibition at Monique Delcourt\u2019s in Valenciennes: Les Ateliers<\/em>, thirty-five gouaches of 1964-1973.
\nExhibits in Dusseldorf, Foire de la Peinture<\/em>; in Paris, 28e Salon des R\u00e9alit\u00e9s Nouvelles<\/em>.
\nSpends September in Portugal.<\/p>\n

1975<\/h6>\n

Castille 1971<\/em>, oil on canvas, 100×81 cm. Purchased by the Bremen Kunsthalle.
\nG\u00fcnter Busch organizes Castro\u2019s retrospective of the years 1965-1975 at the Kunsthalle, Bremen. Ninety-one works exhibited. Catalogueue prefaced by G\u00fcnther Busch, cover and twelve colour plates, ninety-seven plates in black. Quotation of the texts by the artist, Emir Rodriguez-Monegal, Denys Sutton, Gertrud Kobke Sutton and Andr\u00e9 Chastel. Artist\u2019s photograph by Dominique Souse.
\nRetrospective taken up by Helmut Uhlig in the Kunstamt, Berlin-Tempelhof. Prefaced by Helmut Uhlig, Sergio de Castro Zu berliner Festwochen 1975<\/em>.
\nFran\u00e7oise Debaisieux organizes Castro\u2019s retrospective of the years 1956-1966 at the Fine Arts Museum, Caen. Sixty-eight works exhibited. Catalogueue prefaced by Fran\u00e7oise Debaisieux. Complete reproduction of Andr\u00e9 Chastel\u2019s texts 1958. Petit portrait de Sergio de Castro<\/em> and Sergio de Castro <\/em>(1965) by Hans Platte; recto-verso full-page cover, one colour plate, thirty-three plates in black. Photograph by Ren\u00e9 Bersier.
\nExhibits a series of gouaches, small format, alongside the works of the ceramist France Frank at the French Cultural Center of Luxembourg.
\nTakes part in the exhibition Peintures Contemporaines en Extr\u00eame-Orient<\/em> organized by the French Association for Artistic Action in Saigon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, Wellington.<\/p>\n

1976<\/h6>\n

Espagne 1971<\/em>, oil on canvas 150 x 150 cm. Purchased by the Natural Museum of Art and History, Luxembourg, together with his other three works.
\nSeries of the famous Nus<\/em> and landscapes of Morocco (oils and gouaches).
\nGuest at the international conference organized by the UNESCO in Paris. La place et la fonction de l\u2019art dans la vie contemporaine<\/em>.
\nExhibits in Paris: Les dix ans de la Galerie Jacob<\/em>, Jacob Gallery.
\nTrip to Marocco.<\/p>\n

1977<\/h6>\n

Guest at the exhibition, Signe du Sacr\u00e9 au XX\u00e8 si\u00e8cle<\/em>, Dijon, Saint Philibert church, text of the catalogueue by Jacques Thuillier, Crise de l\u2019image et qu\u00eate du sacr\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1978<\/h6>\n

Le Peintre<\/em>, oil on canvas, 195 x 265 cm.
\nGuest at the exhibition Le regard du peintre<\/em>, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, National Museum of Modern Art, Ateliers Aujourd\u2019hui<\/em>, contemporary artworks from national collections. Installations.<\/p>\n

1979<\/h6>\n

Patmos 1977<\/em>, oil on canvas, 114 x 195 cm. Purchased by the National Fond of Contemporary Art, Paris.
\nPersonal exhibition in the Valmay Gallery, Paris, fifty-seven artworks from the years 1972-1978.
\nExhibits in Paris, Hommage \u00e0 Pierre Loeb<\/em>, Museum of Modern Art City of Paris. Exhibition continues in the Museum of Ixelles, Brussels.
\nBegins preparing stained-glass for five 15th-century century flamboyant windows in the left aisle of the collegiate church of Notre-Dame de l\u2019Assomption de Romont, Fribourg, Switzerland.
\nGranted French citizenship.
\nKnighthood of the order of Arts and Letters.<\/p>\n

1980<\/h6>\n

Guest at the 39th Biennale of Venice. Argentina Pavilion, Sergio de Castro\u2019s paintings, Fabriciano\u2019s sculptures. Exhibits 12 paintings of the 70\u2019s in large format including two diptychs: Livres<\/em> 1972 et Les Atrides<\/em> 1973, one triptych Espagne<\/em> 1973, and the workshop Le Peintre<\/em>.
\nGuest at the 1st Exhibition of Stained Glass, International Stained-Glass Centre, Loens granary. Exhibits La R\u00e9surrection<\/em> 1967-1976, stained-glass window of 417 x 123 cm.
\nPersonal exhibition at the Syn\u2019Art, Paris: twenty-eight gouaches 1972-1979 based on the Ateliers<\/em> theme.<\/p>\n

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1980 Sergio de Castro devant la maquette de Mo\u00efse, D Souse<\/p><\/div>\n

1981<\/h6>\n

France-Culture, the Agora<\/em> programme by Olivier Germain-Thomas, April 3, Sergio de Castro et son \u0153uvre pour Romont<\/em>.
\nSeptember, installation of stained-glass windows for the collegiate church of Romont, Fribourg, Switzerland. Associate professor at the Department of Human Studies of Strasbourg \u2013 Institute of History of Art and Plastic Arts.<\/p>\n

1982<\/h6>\n

Mural based on the theme of books – oil on canvas hung on the board of 220 x 145 cm. For the lobby of the new Central Library of Pr\u00eat de l\u2019Yonne in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulches Auxerre. FR3 Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Artisans de la lumi\u00e8re<\/em>, Claude Esp\u00e9randieu\u2019s documentary on Romon, with the artist\u2019s participation.
\nFran\u00e7ois Enaud, General Inspector of Historical Monuments, places an order of a series of stained-glass works for the western window of the Saint-Laurent Chapel of the Strasbourg Cathedral (8 x 5 m).
\nThe artist worked on the gigantic Arbre de Jess\u00e9<\/em> until 1985.<\/p>\n

1983<\/h6>\n

Le Peintre<\/em>, 1978, oil on canvas, 195 x 265 cm. Purchased by the Regional Contemporary Fond of Alsace.
\nGuest at the Manca Festival – Contemporary Music of Nice, Cote d\u2019Azur \u2013 on February 27, the world premiere of his Variaciones 1945<\/em> by the pianist Jay Gottlieb.
\nFrance Culture, Martin Cadieu\u2019s programme on April 4: Sergio de Castro and his Varaciones 1945<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1984<\/h6>\n

Publication of Jacques Thuillier\u2019s book Les Proph\u00e8tes<\/em>, Los Profetas<\/em>, Madrid Editiones El Viso, Vitraux de Sergio de Castro pour la Coll\u00e9giale de Romont (Fribourg) 1979-1981. Photographs by Dominique Souse.
\nPublication of the illustrated catalogueue of the Frac d\u2019Alsace 1981-1983, Sergio de Castro<\/em>. Text by Albert Chatelet.<\/p>\n

1985<\/h6>\n

La Biblioth\u00e8que<\/em> 1972, oil on canvas, 130×162 cm. Purchased by the National Fond of Contemporary Art, Paris.
\nTakes part in the Le Corps<\/em> exhibition, Marcel Pagnol College.
\nPublication of Histoire de l\u2019Art<\/em> in two volumes, Larousse, Paris. See Volume 2, page 250, \u201cen guise de conclusion \u00bb, colour plate.<\/p>\n

1986<\/h6>\n

Le Maillon Cultural Center, Strasbourg, exhibits Le Peintre 1978<\/em> and a series of five gouaches of 1974 during the music week dedicated to Maurice Ohana, Musique des Hesp\u00e9rides<\/em>.
\nGuest at the M.A.N.C.A Festival \u2013 Contemporary Music of Nice, Cote d\u2019Azur \u2013 February 2, the world premiere of his Partita opus X<\/em> by the pianist Anna Stella Schic. Colour cover for the catalogueue of the M.A.N.C.A 86.<\/p>\n

1987<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition at the French Institute of London, Homages et Variations<\/em>, thirty artworks of 1957-1975 based on D\u00fcrer, Holbein, El Greco and Vermeer.
\nThe Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art organizes Castro\u2019s retrospective of the years 1949-1974. One hundred exhibited artworks. Catalogueue, text by de Guillermo Whitelow and Maria Rosa Bemberg. Artist\u2019s photograph by Martine Frank.
\nInauguration of murals ordered to Sergio de Castro by Atochem for the entrance hall of the head office in Paris-La D\u00e9fense.
\nExposition of two hundred preliminary studies related to murals.
\nExhibits in Nice, Contemporary Art Gallery, during the days dedicated to the composer Jean-Etienne Marie; in Amsterdam: Alegria de vivir<\/em>, Peter Stuyvesant Stichting.
\nAccomplishment of eight paintings based on the Livres<\/em> theme for the historic exhibition that was to take place the same year at the chateau de la Rocca and Soragna.<\/p>\n

1988<\/h6>\n

Publication of the Sergio de Castro<\/em> brochure in Atochem, Entretiens avec Sergio de Castro<\/em>.
\nArtist\u2019s photograph by Dominque Souse.
\nCastro creates an advertising poster for the World Cultures Institute (Maison des Cultures du Monde), Paris.
\nThe 1st Festival d\u2018Art Sacr\u00e9 Contemporain of Bayeux organizes Sergio de Castro\u2019s exhibition uniting seventy-two artworks under the religious theme of the years 1948-1978 at the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art. Catalogueue prefaced by Denis Lavalle, Sergio de Castro \u00e0 Bayeux<\/em>, followed by the artist\u2019s interview.
\nTandem of personal exhibitions in Paris: left bank \u2013 Gallery des Ambassades (Gal\u00e9rie des Ambassades), right bank \u2013 Galart\u00e9 Gallery. Forty-six still lives \u2013 oils and gouaches \u2013 dating to 1958-1965.
\nPublication of ATOCHEM calendar for 1989, Sergio de Castro<\/em>, sixteen colour plates of the years 1951 to 1987.<\/p>\n

1989<\/h6>\n

Inauguration of Sculpture<\/em> \u2013 Atochem, a spatial work in metal and glass, 252 cm high, as well as two new murals installed in February 1988, Signal<\/em> 192 x 32 cm, Carr\u00e9<\/em> 100 x 100 cm.
\nPersonal exhibition at the Gallery des Ambassades, Paris. Fifty-two Ateliers<\/em>, oils and gouaches of the years 1958-1969. Text by Jean-Dominique Rey, L\u2019atelier du Saint-Gothard<\/em>.
\nPublication of the book Les Tr\u00e9sors de la France. In the section Vitraux Contemporains<\/em>, the author Michel Parent writes two texts: Audincourt et Fernand L\u00e9ger<\/em>, 1951 and Couvrechef-La\u2013Folie et Sergio de Castro<\/em>, 1958.<\/p>\n

1990<\/h6>\n

Takes part in the monumental exhibition of the Cultural Center of Contemporary Art, Mexico: Octavio Paz \u2013 Los Privilegios de la Vistas<\/em>. Catalogueue, two Sergio de Castro\u2019s plates in colour.
\nOrder by the European Foundation for St.-James\u2019 Way of a specific work for the F\u00eates du chemin d\u2019Arles \u00e0 Saint-Jacques that would be reproduced on different backup material: stamps, posters, catalogueues and etc.<\/p>\n

1991<\/h6>\n

Castro retrospective of the years 1972-1978 at the House of Arts and Leisure (Maison des Arts et Loisirs), Sochaux. Catalogueue, Jean-Dominique Rey\u2019s and Sergio de Castro\u2019s interview.
\nFollowing the request by the J\u00e9r\u00f4me M\u00fcndler company, Sergio de Castro accomplishes fifty-four boards of studies for the Gala des Ponts and Chauss\u00e9e 1991<\/em>. Colour poster and catalogueue.
\nSeptember, trip to the United States.
\nWrites Pour Maurice Ohana<\/em> upon the composer\u2019s request, published in the Op\u00e9ra forestage, outside series n\u00b03. <\/p>\n

1992<\/h6>\n

Pierre Rouve, semiotician, professor of Philosophy and History of Art, accomplishes his essay ordered by Atochem in 1991: l\u2019Ombre du Nombre \u2013 Gaston Bachelard dixit Sergio de Castro pinxit<\/em>, a profound analysis of various aspects of Sergio de Castro\u2019s artwork that converge within the murals for Atochem.
\nDaniel Jacomet, printer and publisher of art, begins his third portfolio – Sergio de Castro, Estampes<\/em> – based on Joan Mir\u00f4\u2019s and Paul C\u00e9zanne\u2019s works.
\nSilvina Luz Mausilla publishes in Spain the first volume of her Dictionnaire de la Musica Espagnola et Hispana Americana<\/em> which includes the complete text on Sergio de Castro\u2019s musical work.<\/p>\n

1993<\/h6>\n

Publication of Roger Munier\u2019s Voir<\/em>, Deyrolle Publisher, Paris. Sergio de Castro<\/em>, page 92 to 101.
\nAccomplishment of the portfolio published by Daniel Jacomet, printed in seventy copies.
\nPublication of L\u2019\u00c9cole de Paris<\/em> 1945-1965, Dictionnaire des Peintres<\/em> by Lydia Harambourg.
\nId\u00e9es et Calendes Publisher, Switzerland. Sergio de Castro<\/em>, page 91 to 93, colour plate Le Port 1951.<\/p>\n

1994<\/h6>\n

Publication of Artistas latino-americanos en sus studios<\/em> in Mexico, text by Marie-Pierre Colle-Corcuera; Sergio de Castro, page 92 to 101.
\nExhibits at the Galart\u00e9 Gallery, Paris: \u00ab Un cercle d\u2019amateurs \u00bb, group exhibition.<\/p>\n

1995<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition Sergio de Castro \u2013 Ateliers et Fleurs<\/em> 1992-1994.
\nTrip to Finland.
\nCollective exhibition at the Chac-Mool Gallery, Contemporain Fine Art, Los-Angeles, USA, for the publication of the book by Marie-Pierre Colle-Corcuera.<\/p>\n

1996<\/h6>\n

Study of a metal object for Atochem that would be entitled Artefact<\/em>.
\nExhibits at the Jacob Gallery, Paris, Trente ans de la Galerie<\/em> as a tribute to Denise Renard.
\nCreation of the logo for the Association of Maurice Ravel and Montfort-L\u2019Amaury.
\nPersonal exhibition: Sergio de Castro \u2013 10 Ateliers<\/em>, Argentine Gallery, Paris.<\/p>\n

1997<\/h6>\n

Installion of Artefact<\/em>, a massive wheel in metal and glass hung in the new hall of the head office Elf-Atochem.
\nOfficer of the Order of Arts and Letters.<\/p>\n

1998<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition at the Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay, works dating from 1957 to 1971.
\nCatalogue, text by Jacques Thuillier.<\/p>\n

1999<\/h6>\n

Creates the logo for Les Journ\u00e9es de Ravel<\/em> Association.
\nExhibits at the Salon d\u2019Automne<\/em>, October 8-16, Grand Palais, Paris<\/p>\n

2000<\/h6>\n

Hommage \u00e0 Mendele\u00efev<\/em>, five boards on the periodic table of the elements of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev for the Atofina Company.
\nCreates the logo Les Amis de Maurice Ohana<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2001<\/h6>\n

Collective exhibition at the Chapelle of the Visitation in Thonon-les-Bains around the Sup\u00e9rieur Inconnu journal. Castro exhibits four oils and three gouaches on the theme of Livres<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2002<\/h6>\n

Histoire de l\u2019Art<\/em> by Jacques Thuillier, Flammarion Publisher, text and artwork on Sergio de Castro, page 575, chapter Fin XIX \u2013 XX si\u00e8cles, Le temps des Solitudes<\/em>.
\nEnglish version: History of Art in 2003.
\nChinese version: History of Art in 2008.<\/p>\n

2003<\/h6>\n

Preparation of the donation for the Saint-L\u00f4 Museum with the curator Michel Carduner.<\/p>\n

2006<\/h6>\n

Donation of 220 works to the Saint-L\u00f4 Museum, supervised by the art collector Pierre Darinot.
\nExhibition of the whole of the donation at the Saint-L\u00f4 Museum of Fine Arts and History, Normandy.<\/p>\n

2007<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibitions – Bouquets<\/em>, then Livres<\/em>, Atelier<\/em> \u2013 at the Philippe Muler Gallery, Paris.<\/p>\n

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2008 Sergio de Castro, D Souse<\/p><\/div>\n

2008<\/h6>\n

Personal exhibition, Sergio de Castro<\/em>, Chateau de Gruy\u00e8re, Switzerland.
\nExhibition at the Saint-L\u00f4 Museum, 50 ans d\u2019Art du Vitrail autour de Sergio de Castro<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2009<\/h6>\n

June to October, collective exhibition: Un peu, beaucoup, passionn\u00e9ment\u2026 La fleur<\/em>.
\nLa Veri\u00e8re Museum, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcou\u00ebt, France.
\nAugust, personal exhibition at the Gurvich Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.
\nNovember, Francine Del Pierre\u2019s and Fance Franck\u2019s Workshop, personal exhibition Lumi\u00e8re est Temps<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2010<\/h6>\n

November to December, exhibition Francine Del Pierre et Sergio de Castro<\/em>.
\nFrancine Del Pierre\u2019s and France Frank\u2019s Workshop, Paris.
\nExhibition at the Sur Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay.<\/p>\n

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2011 Sergio de Castro, D Souse<\/p><\/div>\n

2012<\/h6>\n

In May, inauguration of the stained-glass windows Ab\u00e9c\u00e9daire et Chiffres<\/em> for the hall of Saint-L\u00f4 Fine Arts Museum.<\/p>\n

November to December, collective exposition Exposition d\u2019Automne 2012<\/em> at the Orsay Gallery, Paris.<\/p>\n

Dies in Paris on the 31st of December. Lies in the Montparnasse cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1922 Born on the 15th of September, in Buenos-Aires, to Sergio Federico Fernandez de Castro. On his father\u2019s side \u2013 a prominent family from the north of Spain (Galicia), taking roots in the 9th century (Castro Jeriz), fighting the Moors in Las Navas de Tolosa (13th century). The family includes several viceroys (Naples, Sicily, Peru) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergiodecastro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}