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Claudio Bravo

(Chilean, 1936–2011)

Claudio Bravo

“Maniquí infanta con flores”, 1963

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Biography

Timeline

1936: Born in Valparaíso, Chile
1945 - 1954: Studied at a Jesuit school in Santiago, Chile
1945: Studied art in the studio of Miguel Venegas Cienfuentes, Santiago, Chile
1955: Lived in Santiago and Concepción, Chile
: Painted and also wrote poetry; danced professionally with the Compañía de Ballet de Chile
: Worked for Teatro de Ensayo, Universidad Católica de Chile
1961: Left Chile for Europe and established residence in Madrid, Spain
1968: Spent six months working in the Philippines
1972: Moved to Tangier, Morocco
1996: Gold Medal of Honor, Casita Maria, Bronx, NY
2000: International Distinguished Artist Award, Art Miami, Miami, FL
: Gran Cruz de Alfonso X El Sabio, Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
2005: Hall of Fame Honoree, The Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
2011: Passed away on June 4 in his home in Taroudant, Morocco
: The artist lived and worked in Tangier, Marrakech, and Taroudant, Morocco

Exhibitions

2017: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
The Appearance of the Real: Fifty Years of Realist Art in Spain (1960–2010), Museo Carmen Thyssen, Málaga, Spain
2016: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Selected Works from the Estate, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2015: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Fertility, 33 orchard, New York, NY
2013: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Claudio Bravo: 1936-2011, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Latin Beat, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012: Claudia Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Sojourn in Manila, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines (solo)
2011 - 2012: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2011-2012:
Le Cabinet de Curiosités, Marlborough Gallery and Steinitz Gallery at 6 Harrison Street, New York, NY
2011: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Claudio Bravo, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (solo)
The Chilean Years, 1951-1960, Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile (solo)
2010: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Look Again, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Claudio Bravo: Recent Work, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY (solo)
2009: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
La huella de la fotografía en la nueva pintura realista. La aportación valenciana (1963-2005), El Centre de El Carme de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Insights on Still Life: From Matisse & Picasso to Botero & Muños Vera, Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
Art Chicago, Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 - 2009: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2008-2009:
Claudio Bravo: a bestiary, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Latin American Masters, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2008: Claudio Bravo Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Claudio Bravo: Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Group Show, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Shanghai Art Fair 2008, Shanghai, China. (with Marlborough Gallery)
Latin American Art, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
All I Want for Christmas, Manila Contemporary, Makati City, Philippines
2007: Claudio Bravo exhibitions in 2007:
Claudio Bravo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (solo)
Claudio Bravo, Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France (solo)
International Blitz, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
La Bienale di Venezia: 52 Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Museo Diocesano, Chiostro di Sant’Apollonia, Venice, Italy (solo)
2006: Claudio Bravo exhibitions in 2006:
Claudio Bravo – Peintures, Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, France (solo)
Claudio Bravo – Pinturas y Dibujos, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain; traveled to Marlborough Fine Art, London, England; Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo)
Claudio Bravo, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL (solo)
2005: Claudio Bravo exhibitions in 2005:
With Spirit, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Stillness, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Pastel Society of America Board of Directors Exhibition: Hall of Fame Honoree Claudio Bravo, The Butler Institute of America Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
35th Annual Open Juried Exhibition “For Pastels Only,” Pastel Society of America, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2004: Claudio Bravo et le Maroc, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (solo)
2003: Claudio Bravo: Still Life, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Transforming the Commonplace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2001: Latin American Art: La Belleza y la Fuerza, Elkon Gallery, New York, NY
: Claudio Bravo: Œuvres Recentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco (solo)
2000: Art Miami 2000, International Art Exposition, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
1999: Claudio Bravo: Obras Recientes, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain; traveled to Marlborough Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida; Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York; and Galeria A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile (solo exhibition)
1998: Forma y Figuracion: obras maestras de la colección Blake-Purnell, Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
: Claudio Bravo, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1997: Claudio Bravo: Wrapped Packages, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (solo)
: ART 1997 CHICAGO: 5th Annual Expo of International Galleries Featuring Modern and Contemporary Art, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1996: On Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
1995: 3 Continents: Botero, Bravo, Rivers, Valdés, A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile
: Claudio Bravo, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1994: The Human Body, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
: Claudio Bravo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Arte, Santiago, Chile (solo)
1993 - 1994: Marbella en la Obra de Claudio Bravo, Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Granada, Spain (solo exhibition)
: Claudio Bravo. Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Madison, Wisconsin (solo)
1993: Drawings III, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992: Jardín de Vidrio, Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Spain
FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France (with Marlborough Gallery) (solo exhibition)
1991: Realismos: Arte Contemporáneo Español, Ashai Shimbun, Nihonbashi Takashimaya
: Claudio Bravo: Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1990: ARCO 90, Madrid, Spain
1989: Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980, The Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1988: Visions/Revisions: A Contemporary Representation, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
1987 - 1988: Claudio Bravo: Painter and Draftsman, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, traveled to Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (solo exhibition)
1982: Claudio Bravo: Pinturas y Dibujos, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (solo exhibition)
1961: Claudio Bravo, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile (solo exhibition)

Public Collections

: Peter Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
: Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
: Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
: Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana
: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina
: The Frances Lehmana Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
: Doane College Museum, Crete, Nebraska
: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
: Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
: Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
: Archer M. Huntington Gallery of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
: Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
: Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
: Museo de Artes Visuales, Colección Santa Cruz – Yaconi, Santiago, Chile
: Museo de Arte Abstracto, Cuenca, Spain
: Mitter Heinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz, Germany
: The Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center, Miami, Florida
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, Missouri
: Rufino Tamayo Museum of International Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

Literature

2010: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Work. New York: Marlborough Chelsea.
: Marlborough Chelsea. Look Again. New York: Marlborough Chelsea.
2008: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: a bestiary. New York: Marlborough Gallery, Inc.
: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Work. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
2007: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo. Monterrey: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey. traveled to Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France
: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo. Biarritz: Espace Bellevue.
: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo, La Biennale di Venezia: 52 Espozisione Internazionale d’Arte. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
: Lucie-Smith, Edward. Claudio Bravo. Naples: Naples Museum of Art.
2006: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Paintings and Drawings. Madrid: Marlborough Madrid. traveled to Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd., London, England; Marlborough Monaco
2004: Alaoui, Brahim, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Edward J. Sullivan, and Janis Gardner Cecil. Claudio Bravo et Le Maroc. Paris: Institute de Monde Arabe.
1999: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: New Works, Obras Recientes. Madrid: Galería Marlborough.
1998: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Works. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
1995: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Works on Paper. New York: Marlborough Gallery
1991: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
1984: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
1983: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Paintings and Drawings. London: Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd.
1981: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Bilder, Zeichnungen. Hamburg: Galerie Levy.
: Anonymous. Claudio Bravo: Recent Paintings and Drawings. New York: Marlborough Gallery.

Claudio Bravo

(Chilean, 1936–2011)

Claudio Bravo

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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