Antonio Seguí

Antonio Hugo Seguí (; 11 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was an Argentine cartoonist, painter, engraver, book illustrator, and sculptor, who lived and worked in Paris. Seguí's work has been collected and exhibited worldwide in and by art institutions such as MoMA, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, and Centre Georges Pompidou, among others.

Biography Seguí was born into a middle-class family in Córdoba, Argentina. The oldest son, he has three siblings. From 1951 to 1954 he traveled throughout Europe and Africa, and was a visiting student at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, where he studied painting and sculpture.

In 1957 he had his first single solo exhibition in Argentina. He traveled through South and Central American countries and studied printmaking in Mexico. In 1961 he returned to his home country, and in 1963 he moved to Paris, where he lived and worked up until his death on 26 February 2022, at the age of 88.

One of the most characteristic features of Seguí's drawings and paintings is the presence of little men wearing hats. The artist stated that this came from memories of his childhood, during a time when men always wore hats in the public space. Grand Prize awarded by the "National Museum of Western Art" at the V International Tokyo Biennial (1966). First International Prize of Darmstadt (1967). Grand Prize awarded at the Carcovia Biennial, Poland (1967). Grand Prize awarded at the Biennial of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1968). Grand Prize awarded at the Salon de Montrouge, France (1977). Konex Prize Expressionist Painting (1982). Instituto Torcuato Di Tella Award (1989). Grand Prize National Fund of the Arts (1990). Gold Medal XI Norwegian International Graphic Triennial (Argentine). Konex Painting Prize: Quinquenio 1987 - 1991 (1992). Konex Platinum Award: Graphic (2002). Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences and Arts.