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Robert Bechtle Biography
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1932 |
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Born in San Francisco, CA
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1950 |
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Graduated Alameda High School
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1950 - 1954 |
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California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA: B.F.A.
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1956 |
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Ends a stint in the Army to enroll at CCAC for a Master's Degree
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1956 - 1958 |
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California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA: M.F.A.
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1960 - 1961 |
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University of California, Berkeley, CA
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1977 |
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NEA Individual Artist Grant
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1982 |
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NEA Individual Artist Grant
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1983 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1989 |
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NEA Individual Artists Grant
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1995 |
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; Academy Award in Art
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Lives in San Francisco, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Lifelike, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; travel to Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
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2012
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Highlights 2012, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2011
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Hyper Real – Art and America in 1970, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
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2011
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Dawn Till Dusk, jen bekman, New York, NY
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2010
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Hyper Real, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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The Road to Here, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
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2010
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Robert Bechtle: Watercolors and Drawings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2009
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Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970s, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
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2009
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The Rose at Brandeis: Works from the Collection, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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2008
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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2007
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“Pioneers,” CCA Watts Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
"Robert Bechtle: Plein Air 1986-1999," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
"Robert Bechtle," Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
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2006
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“Infinite Painting,“ Villa Manin Centro d’ Art Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy; Villa Manin, Passariano, Udine, Italy
Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
“Full House,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (solo)
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2005
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Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2003
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Hyperrealismes USA, 1965-1975, Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
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2002
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Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
“New York Renaissance: Masterworks from the Collection of the Whitney Museum,” Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
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2002
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“American Standard: (Para)Normality and Everyday Life,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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“Looking At You,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
“Les Annees Pop” Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
“Urban Realism,” Blain Fine Art, London, UK
“Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Drawings 2000,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
“A Century of the American Dream,” Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan
"Centric 58: Robert Bechtle, California Classic", University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Oakland Museum of California (solo)
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1999
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“The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1997
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“Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press,” National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
“Watercolors” O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
“CCAC: Past, Present, and Future (1906-1996),” Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1995
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American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1993
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Robert Bechtle + Ralph Goings. A Review of Paintings and Watercolors, 25 Years, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1991
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“Robert Bechtle: New Work,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1987
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O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, Ludwig Collection, Aachen, Germany Ludwig
Museum in the Russian Museum, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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| Literature |
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2008
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The Wizard of Oz, Essay by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, 2008
Ice Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture, Phaidon, New York, 2007
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2007
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Peinture et Photographie, Essay by Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Chene, France, 2007
Robert Bechtle Plein Air 1986-1999, January 31-March 3, 2007 exhibition catalog. Essay by Bill Berkson, Gallery Paule Anglim, 2007
Photorealism: Cultural Icons, December 5, 2006-January 13, 2007 exhibition catalog, Essay by Louis K. Meisel, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, 2007
Robert Bechtle, December 1, 2006 –January 6, 2007 exhibition catalog. Essay by Linda Nochlin, Gladstone Gallery, 2006
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2006
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Infinite Painting: contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Francesco Bonami, Villla Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea
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2005
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Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University of California Press, Berkley
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2000
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Centric 58: Robert Bechtle – California Classic, Marina Freeman, edited by Constance W. Glenn. University Art Museum, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach
Realism in 20th Century Painting, Brendan Prendeville, Thames and Hudson, London, UK
Made in California: Art Image and Identity, 1900-2000, Stephanie Barron, Sheri Bernstein, Ilene Susan Fort, Los Angeles County Museum of Art/ University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Modern Art in the USA: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century, Patricia Hills, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
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1999
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The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000, Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum of American Art/ W.W. Norton & Co,. New York, NY
Art of the 20th Century: The History of Art Year by Year from 1900 to 2000, Jean-Louis Ferrier, Editions du Chene, France, p705
Why Draw a Landscape? Kathan Brown, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
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1998
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California Art: 450 Years of Painting and Other Media, Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, Dustin Publications, Los Angeles, CA
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No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists, Ed. By Francesca Richer & Matthew Rosenzweig, DAP, New York
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