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César (César Baldaccini) (French, 1921-1998)
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César (César Baldaccini)
Expansion from Mémoire de la Liberté 1991
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Biography |
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1921 |
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Born in the Belle de Mai quartier of Marseille |
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1935 |
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Studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille |
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1943 |
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Studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris |
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1952 |
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First tries at soldering in Provence. First sculptures in steel. |
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1954 |
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'Collabo' prize at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for his sculpture 'le Poisson.' |
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1959 |
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La Grande Aile. Realization of his first plaques |
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1970 |
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Named professor and Studio Director at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts |
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1971 |
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First jewellry compressions. Started plexiglas compressions also. |
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Exhibitions |
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1997 |
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Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 'César', June 10th to October 19th |
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1996 |
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Gan Gallery, Tokyo, ‘César. Hommage à Monaco. Compressions de brocs sur panneau de bois’, May 20 to August 10th.
Le théâtre, Narbonne, ‘César. Bronzes soudés’, July 2 to September 28.
Centre d'Art contemporain, Cluny, ‘Expansions, César, Cluny’, September 7 to November 12.
Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, ‘César’ , September 20 to October 10.
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, ‘César. Une rétrospective 1948-1996’, September 21 to November 5.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, ‘Compressions de Venise’, October 12 to November 13. |
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1995 |
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46th Biennale de Venise, Venice, ‘César’, June-September.
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris, ‘Hommage à César’, July 6 to September 30.
Centre d'art Sébastien, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, ‘César. Sculptures’, July 6 to September 30. |
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1994 |
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Galerie Marisa del Re, Monaco, ‘César à Monte-Carlo’, May 31 to September 30.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘César. Les Compressions de Monaco’, November to December. |
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1993 |
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Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, ‘César. Oeuvres de 1947 à 1993’, July 10th to September 12.
Galerie de l'Ecole d'Art de Marseille, Marseille, ‘Installation de César’, July 10 to September 12. |
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1992 |
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Château de Léoville Poyferré, Saint-Julien, ‘César. Chateau et chefs-d'oeuvre en Médoc’, June 15 to September 15.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘César Ave Lénine’, October 24 to November 1. |
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1991 |
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Fondation Veranneman, Kruishouten, ‘César’, March 9 to April 20.
Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, ‘Natures mortes’, April.
Galerie Artio, Athènes, ‘Natures mortes Hommage à Morandi’, April to May.
Musée Paul Valéry, Sète, ‘César. Les Bronzes’, July 6 to September 20.
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, ‘César’ October 1 to November 1. |
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1990 |
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The Empress Place Hall , Singapour, ‘Compressions by César’, June 9-30.
Art Défense- Art 4 , Paris La Défense, ‘César à la Défense Compressions de papiers’, June 20 to September 5.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘Natures mortes. Hommage à Morandi’, October 13 to December 6. |
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1989 |
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Galerie Vallois and Georges-Philippe Vallois, Paris, ‘Rodin César’, 28 September-30 October
Associazione Culturale Italano-Francese, Bologne, ‘César. Ommaggio a Morandi’, Starting on the 5th of October.
Galerie Patrice Trigano , Paris, ‘Hommage à Eiffel’, 7-15 October.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘Compressions 1959-1989’, 21 October-25 November. |
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1988 |
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Centre d'Art contemporain , Mont-de-Marchan, ‘César-Barelier’, 25 June-31 August.
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, 13-23 July.
Galerie Littman, Bâle, ‘César, Compressions’, 18 August-14 October.
Galerie G.K.M , Malmö, ‘Sculptures-Compressions 1958-1988’ 8 October-15 November.
Galerie Ippolito Simonis, Turin, ‘César’, Starting on the 3rd of November. Studio Marconi, Milan, ‘César’. |
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1987 |
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Centre d'Art contemporain Hôtel Roussel, Montbéliard, ‘César. Les Championnes’, 13 June-8 November.
Centre culturel de l'Yonne, Avallon, ‘César, les 30 dernières années de son oeuvre’, 20 June-14 September.
Office départemental de la Culture des Bouches-du-Rhône, Aix-en-Provence, ‘Rétrospective’, Started on the 7th of July.
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, ‘Les Championnes. Compressions en plaque’, 29 September-29 October.
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, ‘Autoportraits’, 10-18 October. |
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1969 |
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Exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, work -crystal fusions |
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1968 |
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A series of events throughout the world |
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1967 |
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Presented in the Salon de Mai la Grande expansion orange |
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1966 |
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Solo exhibition at the Stedeljik Museum and at the Whilhem Lehmbrück Museum |
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1965 |
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Exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs
Galerie Claude Bernard.
Collaboration with the stage managing of Renault. |
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1964 |
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'Figuration et défiguration' in Gand.
'10 ans de peinture et sculpture' at the Tate Gallery in London |
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1963 |
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Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris |
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1962 |
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Exhibition 'La soeur de l'autre' at the Rijksmuseum Kroller-Müller in Otterlo |
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1961 |
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Participated at different exhibitions in New York.
Starts his directed Compressions |
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1956 |
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Biennale de Venise. Le Diable, La Grande Duchesse. |
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Literature |
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Baldwin James et Giroud Françoise, César. Compressions d'or, Hachette, 1973. |
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Régnier France, Le Bestiaire de César, thèse pour le diplôme d'Etat de Docteur Vétérinaire.Restany Pierre, César, André Sauret, 1975 - César, Electa, 1988 - César, La différence, 1988. |
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Minkoff Gérald, César en images de 1970 à 1972, Georges Bornand, 1980. |
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Lévy Bernard-Henri, César. Les Bronzes. , La différence, 1991. |
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Hahn Otto, Les sept vies de César, Favre 1988. César.Compressions, La différence, 1990. |
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Hachet Jean-Charles, César ou les Métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, 1989. |
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Durand-Ruel Denyse, César Catalogue raisonné, La différence, 1994. |
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De Feugas et Restany Pierre, César espansioni, Dimensione A edizioni d'Arte, 1979. |
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Cooper Douglas, César , Bodensee-Verlag, 1960. |
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Collectifs, Découvre la matière avec César, La chêne/Hachette Livre, 1994. |
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Cabanne Pierre, César par César, Denoël, 1971 - César. Natures mortes, hommage à Morandi, La différence, 1990. |
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