Claudio Bravo

20th Century Heightened Realism

Biography

• 1937-2011• Chilean Artist• Born to cattle

ranchers• Self-taught artist• Society Portrait

Painter• Hyperrealist Style

Society Portrait Painter

• “Portrait” comes from the Latin “portrahere,” translated as “to drag out, reveal, expose”

• The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even mood of the person.”

Influences

• Spanish Society portrait painters– Diego Velazquez– Francisco de

Zurbaran

HyperrealismAlthough photographic in essence and meticulous in detail, often entails a softer, much more complex focus on the subject depicted, presenting it as a living, tangible object

Interesting Facts• In 2004 Sotheby’s Auction house sold “White Package” for 1 million dollars• In 1978 Bravo painted Billionaire Malcom Forbes

Cushions, Claudio Bravo, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Hyperrealism

Four Blue Papers, Claudio Bravo, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Hyperrealism

Maria Lourdes Araneta Fores, Claudio Bravo, Graphite, Charcoal, Conte Crayon and Pastel on Paper, Contemporary Hyperrealsim

Red, Yellow and Indigo Paper, Claudio Bravo, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Hyperrealism