Claudio Bravo - Graphite drawing 'Self-portrait'

Claudio Bravo Camus, painter. Born in Valparaíso on November 8, 1936, he died on June 4, 2011, in Taroudant, Morocco.

From a farming family, she spent much of her childhood in the rural area of ​​Melipilla. She began drawing at the age of eleven, demonstrating a clear calling for artistic expression. Although her interest wasn't initially supported by those closest to her, she managed to take classes in the studio of Miguel Venegas Fuentes, with whom she studied drawing and painting. She also wrote poetry, danced professionally with the Chilean Ballet Company, and worked at the Teatro de Ensayo of the Catholic University.

In the early 1960s, he lived in Concepción, where he made a name for himself as a portraitist. After exhibiting his works at the University of Concepción and seeking to perfect his technique, he traveled to Europe in 1961. Captivated by the classical realist school of the great masters, he decided to settle in Madrid, Spain, where he gained fame as a portraitist of the European high nobility and aristocracy. By the mid-1960s, his portraits gave way to striking still lifes. Everyday objects from modern life and seemingly simple objects, such as stones and wrappings, dazzled the viewer when they were brought to the canvas with meticulous realism. The artist had taken his technique to the limits of perfection.

In 1972, he settled in Tangier, Morocco. That same year, he participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel, at a time when the hyperrealist movement led by Robert Bechtle and John Kacere was gaining ground.

In this work done in graphite pencil we see a self-portrait of three versions of the artist.

Materiality:

Origin: Chile

Measurements: 80X112 work: 52X74 Cms.

Condition: Good condition.