Claudio Bravo (painter)
Claudio Bravo Camus (born November 8, 1936 in Valparaíso , † June 4, 2011 in Taroudannt , Morocco ) was a contemporary Chilean painter who portrayed still lifes and portraits in his pictures with photorealistic accuracy .
Life
From 1945 Claudio Bravo studied painting in Spain, after which he worked with well-known painters.
In 1972 he was a participant in Documenta 5 in Kassel in the Realism department .
plant
Due to the precise technical execution of his pictures, drawings and pastels, Bravo is one of the representatives of hyperrealism . Some of Bravo's pictures are extremely precise and can hardly be distinguished from photos.
Others
In honor of Claudio Bravo, Google presented him with a Google Doodle on his 83rd birthday on November 8, 2019 .
Web links
- ClaudioBravo.com
- Page with a selection of works
- Materials by and about Claudio Bravo in the documenta archive
- Google doodle for the 83rd birthday
Individual evidence
- ^ Luis Antonio de Villena: En la muerte de Claudio Bravo. In: luisantoniodevillena.es. Retrieved November 8, 2019 (Spanish, article from El Mundo of June 7, 2011).
- ↑ Muere en Marruecos Claudio Bravo, el más destacado pintor chileno de los últimos añosl. In: emol.com. Emol, June 5, 2011, accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Claudio Bravo's 83rd birthday. In: Doodle . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Bravo, Claudio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bravo Camus, Claudio (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Valparaíso |
DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 2011 |
Place of death | Taroudant , Morocco |