Antonio Saura – Die Retrospektive is a comprehensive retrospective catalogue dedicated to the work of Antonio Saura, one of the most influential artists of postwar Spanish abstraction.

The publication accompanies a major exhibition that took place at the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Museum Wiesbaden, documenting Saura’s development from early material explorations to his expressive, gestural paintings and graphic works.

The volume includes reproductions of key works, contextual essays, and scholarly contributions that trace Saura’s engagement with figuration, abstraction, and emotional intensity. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the catalogue highlights thematic continuities in his work — from his early experiments with form and surface to his mature, nonlinear compositions — showing how his visual language consistently resisted traditional boundaries.

The catalogue is richly illustrated and offers a nuanced view of Saura’s oeuvre, underscoring his role in shaping Spanish and European post-war art.