Living Art: Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce, My Parents

Eduardo Chillida’s daughter reminisces on the life and work of her artist parents

Published to mark the centenary of Eduardo Chillida’s birth, They Lived for Art: My Parents, Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce is the first English translation of Susana Chillida’s memoir about her parents, Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce. With abundant archival images, the book reflects the couple’s universe, family, friendships and the cultural circles in which they ran, while also providing an intimate portrait of the couple as innovative artists and socially conscious individuals.
Susana Chillida has published several books and directed several films on her parents Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce, including Memory of Filming with My Father (2002); One Hundred Words for Eduardo Chillida (2015); From Chillida to Hokusai: Creation of a Work (1994); and Art and Dreams (1998). She studied documentary filmmaking at New York University.