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César

(French, 1921–1998)

barcelona by césar

César

Barcelona, 1992

Price on Request

portrait de compression by césar

César

Portrait de compression, 1992

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expansion with ice cream cone by césar

César

Expansion with ice cream cone, 1968–1970

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le pouce (the thumb) by césar

César

Le Pouce (The Thumb), ca. 1980

1,190 EUR

kettle with expansion by césar

César

Kettle with expansion, ca. 1976

15,000 EUR

the motorbike by césar

César

The motorbike, 1972

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hen by césar

César

Hen, 1986

18,550 EUR

the bird man by césar

César

The bird man

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insect by césar

César

Insect, 1979

1,800 EUR

the chicken by césar

César

The Chicken

850 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1921
Born in the Belle de Mai quartier of Marseille
1935
Studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille
1943
Studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris
1952
First tries at soldering in Provence. First sculptures in steel.
1954
'Collabo' prize at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for his sculpture 'le Poisson.'
1959
La Grande Aile. Realization of his first plaques
1970
Named professor and Studio Director at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts
1971
First jewellry compressions. Started plexiglas compressions also.

Exhibitions

1997
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 'César', June 10th to October 19th
1996
Gan Gallery, Tokyo, ‘César. Hommage à Monaco. Compressions de brocs sur panneau de bois’, May 20 to August 10th.
Le théâtre, Narbonne, ‘César. Bronzes soudés’, July 2 to September 28.
Centre d'Art contemporain, Cluny, ‘Expansions, César, Cluny’, September 7 to November 12.
Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, ‘César’ , September 20 to October 10.
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, ‘César. Une rétrospective 1948-1996’, September 21 to November 5.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, ‘Compressions de Venise’, October 12 to November 13.
1995
46th Biennale de Venise, Venice, ‘César’, June-September.
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris, ‘Hommage à César’, July 6 to September 30.
Centre d'art Sébastien, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, ‘César. Sculptures’, July 6 to September 30.
1994
Galerie Marisa del Re, Monaco, ‘César à Monte-Carlo’, May 31 to September 30.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘César. Les Compressions de Monaco’, November to December.
1993
Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, ‘César. Oeuvres de 1947 à 1993’, July 10th to September 12.
Galerie de l'Ecole d'Art de Marseille, Marseille, ‘Installation de César’, July 10 to September 12.
1992
Château de Léoville Poyferré, Saint-Julien, ‘César. Chateau et chefs-d'oeuvre en Médoc’, June 15 to September 15.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘César Ave Lénine’, October 24 to November 1.
1991
Fondation Veranneman, Kruishouten, ‘César’, March 9 to April 20.
Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, ‘Natures mortes’, April.
Galerie Artio, Athènes, ‘Natures mortes Hommage à Morandi’, April to May.
Musée Paul Valéry, Sète, ‘César. Les Bronzes’, July 6 to September 20.
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, ‘César’ October 1 to November 1.
1990
The Empress Place Hall , Singapour, ‘Compressions by César’, June 9-30.
Art Défense- Art 4 , Paris La Défense, ‘César à la Défense Compressions de papiers’, June 20 to September 5.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘Natures mortes. Hommage à Morandi’, October 13 to December 6.
1989
Galerie Vallois and Georges-Philippe Vallois, Paris, ‘Rodin César’, 28 September-30 October
Associazione Culturale Italano-Francese, Bologne, ‘César. Ommaggio a Morandi’, Starting on the 5th of October.
Galerie Patrice Trigano , Paris, ‘Hommage à Eiffel’, 7-15 October.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘Compressions 1959-1989’, 21 October-25 November.
1988
Centre d'Art contemporain , Mont-de-Marchan, ‘César-Barelier’, 25 June-31 August.
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, 13-23 July.
Galerie Littman, Bâle, ‘César, Compressions’, 18 August-14 October.
Galerie G.K.M , Malmö, ‘Sculptures-Compressions 1958-1988’ 8 October-15 November.
Galerie Ippolito Simonis, Turin, ‘César’, Starting on the 3rd of November. Studio Marconi, Milan, ‘César’.

Literature

Baldwin James et Giroud Françoise, César. Compressions d'or, Hachette, 1973.
Régnier France, Le Bestiaire de César, thèse pour le diplôme d'Etat de Docteur Vétérinaire.Restany Pierre, César, André Sauret, 1975 - César, Electa, 1988 - César, La différence, 1988.
Minkoff Gérald, César en images de 1970 à 1972, Georges Bornand, 1980.
Lévy Bernard-Henri, César. Les Bronzes. , La différence, 1991.
Hahn Otto, Les sept vies de César, Favre 1988. César.Compressions, La différence, 1990.
Hachet Jean-Charles, César ou les Métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, 1989.
Durand-Ruel Denyse, César Catalogue raisonné, La différence, 1994.
De Feugas et Restany Pierre, César espansioni, Dimensione A edizioni d'Arte, 1979.
Cooper Douglas, César , Bodensee-Verlag, 1960.
Collectifs, Découvre la matière avec César, La chêne/Hachette Livre, 1994.
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