biografia di Claudio BRAVO (1936-2011)

Personal data


Birth : 11/08/1936 - Valparaiso, Chile
Death : 2011
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Chile

Address

, Chile

Representatives

Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States


Education

1945 : Colegio San Ignacio – Santiago de Chile, Chile

Professional data


Work and Life

1968:Works in the Philippines for several months
1963:First exhibition in Madrid, Spain
1961:Moves to Madrid, Spain
1961:Moves to Barcelona, Spain
1959:Moves to Concepción, Chile, where he meets the poet and philosopher Luis Oyarzún
1954:First exhibition
Worked at the “Teatro de Ensayo” of the “Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile” (Catholic University)
Professional dancer in the “Ballet de Santiago” (Chilean Ballet Company) in the 1950’s
Studied with the chilean artist Miguel Venegas Cifuentes
Lives and works in Tangier, Morocco since 1972
Lives and works in the south of Chile

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Drawing-Watercolor : Pastel/paper

Subject

self-portrait
women
men
interior
still life
portrait
religion

Movements and styles

Realism
Latin American Art

Works

Naturaleza Muerta con Ladrillos
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 60 x 73 cm
 
Ajos y Col
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 52 x 65 cm
 
Naturaleza Muerta con Alfombra Persa
Date of creation : 1981
Medium : Pastel/paper
Size : 75 x 109 cm
 
Focos
Date of creation : 1971
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 59 x 93 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2007

Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
07/01/2007 – 09/30/2007

2004

Claudio Bravo et le Maroc
IMA Institut du Monde Arabe – Paris, France
03/15/2004 – 05/16/2004

2003

Still Life
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
11/06/2003 – 11/29/2003

2001

Marlborough Monaco – Monaco, Monaco
2001

1998

Recent Works
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/29/1998 – 05/30/1998

1994

Claudio Bravo Visionario de la Realidad
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Santiago de Chile, Chile
03/06/1994 – 03/08/1994

1981

Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
1981

1970

Staempfli Gallery – New York NY, United States
1970

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Addison Associates Fine Arts – 2461 Buchanan Street – San Francisco CA, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art – 23 east 73rd Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art – 23 east 73rd Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Patrice Trigano – 4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

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 : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

2000

Art Expo – Fira d’Art de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
05/18/2000 – 05/22/2000
Represented by : Galería Leandro Navarro – Amor de Dios, 1 – Madrid, Spain

1999

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Marlborough Florida – Gallery Center 608 Banyan Trail – Boca Raton FL, United States

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2002

Paintings by Botero, Bravo, Iturria, Sánchez
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/22/2002 – 06/15/2002

1996

A Changing Exhibition: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary
James Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
1996

1972

Documenta 5 – Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/30/1972 – 10/08/1972

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

1994

Claudio Bravo Visionario de la Realidad
Publisher: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Parque Forestal s/n – Santiago de Chile, Chile
03/1994

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