biografia di Victor BRAUNER (1903-1966)

Personal data


Birth : 06/15/1903 - Pietra Neamt, Romania
Death : 03/12/1966 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Romania

Representatives

Cordier & Ekstrom – 417 East 75th Street – New York NY, United States


Education

School of Fine Arts – Bucharest, Romania

Professional data


Work and Life

1945:Back to Paris, France
1941:Moved to the Provence region, France
1938:Moved to Paris, France
1935:Back to Bucharest, Romania
1930:Moved to Paris, France
1928 – 1931:Worked with the Dada and Surrealist review UNU
1924:Founded with poet Ilarie Voronca the review 75HP, in which he published his manifesto of “Pictopoésie” and an article on “Le Surrationalisme”.
1912:Moved to Vienna, Austria
Met Breton, Man Ray, Tanguy, Giacometti, Brancusi

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media - Oil/board - Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple : Engraving - Etching - Lithograph in colors
Drawing-Watercolor : Ballpoint pen - Collage - Coloured pencils - Felt pen - Gouache - Ink - Lead pencil - Wash - Watercolour - Wax crayon

Movements and styles

1932 : Surrealism

Works

L'aéroplapa
Date of creation : 1965
Medium : Oil/canvas
Materials : oil
Process : painting
Supports : wood-canvas
Size : 128 x 160 x 3 cm
 
Self-portrait with Enucleated Eye
Date of creation : 1931
Medium : Painting
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

The Menil Collection – Houston TX, United States
10/12/2001 – 01/06/2002

1999

Fondation de l’Hermitage – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
07/09/1999 – 10/10/1999

1934

Galerie Pierre – Paris, France
1934

1924

Galerie Mozart – Bucharest, Romania
1924

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Timothy Baum – New York NY, United States

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Oriol Galeria d’Art – Provença, 264 – Barcelona, Spain

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Di Meo – 9 rue des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Rachel Adler Fine Art – 1200 Broadway – New York NY, United States

2000

FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Samy Kinge – 54, rue de Verneuil – Paris, France

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy

Salon de Mars
Palexpo – Geneva GE, Switzerland
03/31/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Vidal Saint Phalle – 10, Rue de Trésor – Paris, France

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Thessa Herold – 7 rue de Thorigny – Paris, France


Group exhibitions

2003

Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003

2002

La conquête de l’air – Une aventure dans l’art du XXème siècle
Les Abattoirs – Espace d’art moderne et contemporain – Toulouse, France
11/12/2002 – 02/02/2003

Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002

Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002

La Part de l’Autre
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
05/18/2002 – 09/15/2002

La Révolution Surréaliste
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
03/06/2002 – 06/24/2002

1966

Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/18/1966 – 10/16/1966

1954

27e Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1954

1947

Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
Galerie Maeght – Paris, France
1947

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2003

“L’étrange cas de Monsieur K”
in: Artension n° 14
Caluire-et-Cuire, France
11/2003-12/2003

2002

Guide Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World – Art in America n° 8
New York NY, United States
2001-2002

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