Claudio Bravo 1 (Chilean, 1936-2011)

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Claudio Bravo
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Claudio Bravo (1936 2011) was a Chilean
hyperrealist painter. He was greatly influenced
by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as
Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dali. He
lived and worked in Tangier, Morocco, beginning
in 1972. Bravo also lived in Chile, New York and
Spain. He was known mainly for his paintings of
still lifes, portraits and packages, but he had
also done drawings, lithographs, engraving and
figural bronze sculptures. Bravo painted many
prominent figures in society, including dictator
Franco of Spain, President Ferdinand Marcos and
First Lady Imelda Marcos of the Philippines and
Malcolm Forbes. The Baltimore Museum of Art, El
Museo del Barrio (New York City), the Honolulu
Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Santiago, Chile),
Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City), Museum
Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The
Netherlands), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), Museum
Ludwig (Cologne, Germany), the Palmer Museum of
Art (Pennsylvania State University), and the
Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the public
collections holding works by Claudio Bravo
Self-portrait
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Head of a young man
Angelus, 1999
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Alfombra Roja
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Self-portrait, 1982
Leather Jacket, 1983
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Mesaoud and Son, 1976
Mohamed con Rosa
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Papel rojo, rosa y naranjo, 2008
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Autorretrato con Figura, 1958
Le turban rouge
Untitled (Rose), 1962
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Paul Bowles
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Bonggoy Manahan, 1969
Modelo con jarrón
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Rsaid, 1994
Pintando el muro1988
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Hombre con manzana
Sin título (bailarina)
Study Number 2 for Portrait of Mohamed, 1984 The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Retrato de Héctor Marabin
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Venus pudica (Maria Lourdes Araneta Fores)
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Portraits of Gretchen Oppen Cojuangco and
National Artist Leandro Locsin with his wife
Cecilia
Bravo has painted many prominent figures in
society including dictator Franco of Spain,
President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda
Marcos of the Philippines and Malcolm Forbes.
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Regina Dee
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Crabwoman
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Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Manila
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Dr. Constantino Manahan, 1968
Luis Araneta
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Retrato
Elvira Ledesma Manahan
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Evelyn Forbes
The young Sam Eduque, grandchild of Dr.
Constantino and Elvira Manahan
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Pacita Moreno Lopez
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Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Close up of portrait of Tessie Ojeda Luz
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Portraits of President Ferdinand Marcos and
Imelda Romualdez Marco
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Portrait of Conchitina Lopez Taylor
Portrait of Chona Recto Casten
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Portrait of Imelda Ongsiako Cojuangc, 1967
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Minerva y Arachne, 1981
Madona, 1979
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La Chilaba Amarilla
Minerva y Arachne, 1981
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Padre e hijo, 1989
Madre santada, sosteniendo a su bebé
Padre e hijo, 1989
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Retrato de Spencer Cornelison. 1971
Cabeza de un hombre
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Retrato de Héctor Noguera
Muchacho de frente Chaqueta de piel
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Gabriela Schiavi
Retrato de Francine Maeck, 1964
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El niño con los gatos, 1957
Años chilenos
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Circe
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Anunciación (Vanitas), 1992
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Cristo, 1982
Anunciación (Vanitas), 1992 Fragment
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Vanitas, 1981
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Seated Male Nude
Trois pêcheurs
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Guitarrista, 1990
Flautista, 1990
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The Guitarist
The Guitarist (detail)
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Joven, 1966
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Bacanal, 1981
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Venus, 1979
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Mujer con paisaje / Juego del diábolo
Las damas y el Pierrot
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Portrait of María Luisa Velasco, 1965
Lady with Diamond
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Retrato de la Sra. Tilda Benjumea
Retrato de Nena Fierro
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Las dos amigas
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Retrato de familia
La lectura, 1994
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Margarita Delos Reyes Cojuangco
The veil
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El mago, 1977
Prière arabe, 1999
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Gato con Anémonas
Summer afternoon
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Before the Game
Noureddine, 1983
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Dos figuras
El sirviente, 1988
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Ave Verum, 2000 In Exhibition
San Sebastián
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Estudio de cabeza, 1983
Retrato Malcom S. Forbes
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The Guardians Son, 1984
Friends
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Retrato de una dama
Joven Marrocana
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Adventus
Gandura rose, 1995
Papeles ocre, rojo y amarillo en fondo rosa oscuro
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Bodegón y paisaje, 1984
Blue Chilaba, 1995
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The fortune-teller, 1981
La chilava verde, 1984
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El Guardian y Su Hijo, 1979
Chilaba verde y azul, 1994
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Red Djellabra, 1994
At the Kasbah, 2000
Sight, 1997
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• Awards
• 2005 Hall of Fame Honoree, The Pastel Society of
  America, New York, United States
• 2000 Gran Cruz de Alfonso X El Sabio, Alfonso X
  El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
• 2000 International Distinguished Artist Award,
  Art Miami, Florida, United States
• 1996 Gold Medal of Honor, Casita Maria, Bronx,
  New York, United States

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