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 States

Representatives

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/media
industry
reality/fiction
technology
urbanism

Movements and styles

Photorealism

Solo 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

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2003

BONETTI David – Robert Bechtle at Paule Anglim
in: Art in America n° 4 p. 150
New York NY, United States
04/2003

2001

ROSENFELD Jason – Robert Bechtle at OK Harris
in: Art in America p. 149
New York NY, United States
09/2001

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