biografía de Robert Alan BECHTLE (1932-2020)
Personal data
Birth : 1932 - San Francisco CA California, United States
Death : 09/24/2020
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
San Francisco CA California, United StatesRepresentatives
OK Harris – 383 West Broadway – New York NY, United States
Education
1954 : CCAC California College of Arts and Crafts (BA) – 5212 Broadway at College Avenue – Oakland CA, United States
1958 : CCAC California College of Arts and Crafts (MFA) – 5212 Broadway at College Avenue – Oakland CA, United States
1960 – 1961 : UC University of California – Berkeley CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple : Monotype - Print in colors - Woodcut
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal
Subject
culture/mediaindustry
reality/fiction
technology
urbanism
Movements and styles
PhotorealismSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Robert Beachtle: A Retrospective
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
02/12/2005 – 06/05/2005
Robert Bechtle Prints 1967-2004
Crown Point Press – San Francisco CA, United States
02/11/2005 – 04/02/2005
2001
OK Harris – New York NY, United States
2001
2000
Centric 58
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach – Long Beach CA, United States
2000
Gallery Paule Anglim – San Francisco CA, United States
2000
Centric 58
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, United States
2000
1996
Gallery Paule Anglim – San Francisco CA, United States
1996
1991
New Work
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1991
Gallery Paule Anglim – San Francisco CA, United States
1991
1980
Matrix
University Art Museum-Berkeley – Berkeley CA, United States
1980
1973
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
1973
A Retrospective
Crocker Art Museum – Sacramento CA, United States
1973
A Retrospective
SDMA San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego CA, United States
1973
1967
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1967
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2004
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Gallery Paule Anglim – 14 Geary Street – San Francisco CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Crown Point Press – 20 Hawthorne Street – San Francisco CA, United States
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Arion Press – The Presidio 1802 Hays Street – San Francisco CA, United States
1974
Tokyo Biennial ’74
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1974
Art Basel
Basel BS, Switzerland
06/19/1974 – 06/24/1974
Group exhibitions
2002
Robert Bechtle / John Meyer
Gallery Paule Anglim – San Francisco CA, United States
10/02/2002 – 11/02/2002
Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
07/10/2002 – 09/06/2002
American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002
2001
Les Années Pop
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
2001
1999
The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000 Part I, 1900-1950
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
04/23/1999 – 08/22/1999
1997
Drawings: Realism to Abstraction
Triton Museum of Art – Santa Clara CA, United States
1997
1993
Robert Bechtle & Ralph Goings: A Review of Paintings and Watercolors, 25 Years
Louis K. Meisel Gallery – New York NY, United States
1993
Coast Artists
Edith Caldwell Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
1993
1991
Six Takes on Photo Realism
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion – Stamford CT, United States
1991
1990
California A-Z and Return
Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown OH, United States
1990
Carsinart: The Automobile Icon
Pensacola Museum of Art – Pensacola FL, United States
1990
1987
Made in U.S.A.: An Americanization in Modern Art – The 50s & 60s
University Art Museum-Berkeley – Berkeley CA, United States
1987
1985
American Realism: The Precise Image
The Isetan Museum of Art – Tokyo, Japan
1985
Fortisimo! Thirty Years for the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
1985
American Realism: The Precise Image
Daimaru Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1985
American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1985 – 1987
Fortissimo! Thirty Years for the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art
Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design – Providence RI, United States
1985
Realism: Contemporary Americans
Hooks-Epstein Galleries – Houston TX, United States
1985
Fortissimo! Thirty Years for the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art
SDMA San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego CA, United States
1985
1984
Autoscape: The Automobile in the American Landscape
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion – Stamford CT, United States
1984
Art and the Automobile
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1984
1983
West Coast Realism
Laguna Art Museum – Laguna Beach CA, United States
1983 – 1985
Realism Now
Museum of Modern Art – Saitama, Japan
1983
American Interiors
Legion of Honor – San Francisco CA, United States
1983
1982
Drawings by California Painters
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, United States
1982
Drawings by California Painters
Long Beach Museum of Art – Long Beach CA, United States
1982
1981
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1981 – 1983
1978
Representations of America
Muzei Izobrazitelnych Iskusstv Imeni Pushkina – Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
1978
1977
Illusion and Reality
Australian National Gallery – Canberra ACT, Australia
1977 – 1978
New Realism: Modern Art Form
Boise Art Museum – Boise ID, United States
1977
A View of the Decade
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1977
1976
Contemporary Images in Watercolor
Indianapolis Museum of Art – Indianapolis IN, United States
1976
Contemporary Images in Watercolor
Memorial Gallery University of Rochester – Rochester NY, United States
1976
Super Realism
Baltimore Museum of Art – Baltimore MD, United States
1976
America 1976
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1976
Contemporary Images in Watercolor
Akron Art Museum – Akron OH, United States
1976
1975
Signs of Life: Symbols in the City
Renwick Gallery – Washington DC, United States
1975
A Change of View
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield CT, United States
1975
Super Realism
Baltimore Museum of Art – Baltimore MD, United States
1975
1974
Amerikaans Fotorealisme Grafiek
Besselaar Hedenlaar Kunst – Utrecht, Netherlands
1974
Amerikaans Fotorealisme Grafiek
Palais des Beaux-Arts – Brussels, Belgium
1974
Works on Paper
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond VA, United States
1974
1973
Photo Realism
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1973
Photo-Realism 1973: The Stuart M. Speiser Collection
Louis K. Meisel Gallery – New York NY, United States
1973
Separate Realities
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1973
Hyperrealisme
Galerie Christine et Isy Brachot – Brussels, Belgium
1973 – 1974
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1973
American Art Third Quarter Century
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
1973
1972
Works on Paper
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
1972
California Prints
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1972
Documenta 5 – Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/30/1972 – 10/08/1972
1971
Radical Realism
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1971