Self-Portrait
1982 · Graphite, with stumping on off-white wove paper
44.7 × 62.5 cm (17 5/8 × 24 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Claudio Bravo
Artist
Valparaiso, Chile
PaintingHyperrealism
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None documented
3
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5
Works in Collection
10
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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Claudio Bravo was a Chilean painter renowned for his hyperrealistic still lifes and portraits executed in oil and pastel. Working from the 1960s onward, he developed a meticulous technique that rendered everyday objects and human faces with photographic precision, often employing dramatic lighting and austere compositions. His work occupied a distinctive space in postwar art, asserting figurative mastery and tonal sophistication at a moment when abstraction dominated international discourse. Bravo maintained studios in Madrid and Tangier, where he continued refining his approach to surface, shadow, and material presence until his death in 2011.
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