Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, June 12, 2011, by William Grimes. Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings of paper-wrapped... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, June 12, 2011, by William Grimes. Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings of paper-wrapped packages and draped cloth blended hyper-realism and classical Spanish influences, died on June 4 at his... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, June 12, 2011, by William Grimes. Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings of paper-wrapped packages and draped cloth blended hyper-realism and classical Spanish influences, died on June 4 at his home in Taroudant, Morocco. He was 74. The cause was complications of epilepsy, David Robinson, the director of his New York gallery, Marlborough, said. After working in Madrid in the 1960s and... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, June 12, 2011, by William Grimes. Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings of paper-wrapped packages and draped cloth blended hyper-realism and classical Spanish influences, died on June 4 at his home in Taroudant, Morocco. He was 74. The cause was complications of epilepsy, David Robinson, the director of his New York gallery, Marlborough, said. After working in Madrid in the 1960s and establishing a reputation as a society portrait painter, Mr. Bravo made an immediate impact with his first New York show, at the Staempfli Gallery in 1970. His paintings, depicting crumpled paper, paper bags and paper-wrapped packages tied with string, put... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, June 12, 2011, by William Grimes. Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings of paper-wrapped packages and draped cloth blended hyper-realism and classical Spanish influences, died on June 4 at his home in Taroudant, Morocco. He was 74. The cause was complications of epilepsy, David Robinson, the director of his New York gallery, Marlborough, said. After working in Madrid in the 1960s and establishing a reputation as a society portrait painter, Mr. Bravo made an immediate impact with his first New York show, at the Staempfli Gallery in 1970. His paintings, depicting crumpled paper, paper bags and paper-wrapped packages tied with string, put technical virtuosity at the service of an imagination shaped by old master painting, especially the work of 17th-cen... Read full biography
Claudio Nelson (Camus) Bravo - Artist Info
About Claudio Nelson (Camus) Bravo: Books
Books & Publications (2)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Claudio Bravo: Paintings and Drawings
2005
Bowles, Paul; Edward Sullivan, Francisco Calvo Seraller
454 pages (color)
Claudio Bravo and Morocco
2004
Cecil, Janis Gardner; Edward Sullivan, Claudio Bravo; Brahim Alaoui