biografía de Manuel ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902-2002)
Personal data
Birth : 02/04/1902 - Mexico, Mexico
Death : 10/19/2002 - Mexico, Mexico
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Mexico
Professional data
Work and Life
1923:Meets Hugo BREHME.
Awards
1984
1984 : The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography – Gothenburg, Sweden
Awarded by : Hasselblad Center – Ekmansgatan 8 – Gothenburg, Sweden
Honorary degree
1981
1981 : Ordre des Arts et des Lettres – Paris, France
Awarded by : Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Other professions
Freelance Photographer
Mexican Falkways – Mexico, Mexico
1930 : Professor
Academia de San Carlos – ENAP Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM – Mexico, Mexico
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Black & white photograph - Bromoil gelatin silver print - Platinum print Subject
Traditional culturelandscape
religion
Movements and styles
1920-1930 : AbstractionSurrealism
Photosurrealism
Works
| Retrato de lo eterno | |
| Date of creation : 1935 Medium : Platinum print Size : 31 x 26 cm | |
| Señor de Papantla | |
| Date of creation : 1934 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print | |
| Striking Worker, Assassinated | |
| Date of creation : 1934 Medium : Black & white photograph | |
| Caja de visiones | |
| Date of creation : 1930-1940 Medium : Platinum print | |
| Dos pares de piernas | |
| Date of creation : 1828-1929 Medium : Platinum print | |
| Frieda Kahlo con bolle | |
| Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Museo Universitario del Chopo – UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – Mexico, Mexico
2002
Casa de América – Madrid, Spain
2002
100th Birthday Exhibition
Zelda Cheatle Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2002
Stories and Illusions
Saint Louis Art Museum – Saint Louis MO, United States
2002 – 01/05/2003
Optical Parables
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
11/10/2002 – 02/09/2003
Fundació Foto Colectania – Barcelona, Spain
04/25/2002 – 07/10/2002
2001
J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
11/13/2001 – 02/17/2002
En el umbral del siglo
Galería Juan Martín – Mexico, Mexico
2001
Serge Plantureux – Paris, France
2001
1998
El gran tianguis
Galería Juan Martín – Mexico, Mexico
1998
1997
Variaciones 1995-1997
Centro de la Imagen – Mexico, Mexico
1997
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/20/1997 – 05/18/1997
1992
Retrospective
Musée de L’Elysée – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1992
1983
Sueños, Visiones, Metéforas
The Israel Museum – Jerusalem, Israel
1983
1978
Corcoran Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1978
1932
First solo exhibition
Galería Posada – Sacramento CA, United States
1932
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Robert Koch Gallery – 5th floor 49 Geary Street – San Francisco CA, United States
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Sandra Berler Gallery – 7002 Connecticut Avenue – Chevy Chase MD, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Sandra Berler Gallery – 7002 Connecticut Avenue – Chevy Chase MD, United States
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States
1996
Art Jonction Cannes 96 – Regard
Palais des Festivals – Cannes, France
07/03/1996 – 07/07/1996
Represented by : Zéro, L’Infini – Espace Valentin Rue des Trois Croix – Besançon, France
Group exhibitions
2003
Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003
2002
Recent Acquisitions
University of Maine Museum of Art – Bangor ME, United States
12/06/2002 – 01/18/2003
Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002
2001
Picture This: Permanent Collection Photography
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art – Kansas City MO, United States
07/13/2001 – 10/07/2001
2000
The Poetry of the Everyday
Rudolph E. Lee Gallery – Clemson University – Clemson SC, United States
10/24/2000 – 11/23/2000
1939
Alvarez Bravo, Rivera, Kahlo…
Galerie Renou & Colle – Paris, France
1939
1935
Alvarez Bravo, Cartier Bresson
Museo Del Palacio de Bellas Artes – Mexico, Mexico
1935
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
Exhibition catalogues
1997
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Place/location of the exhibition: MoMA Museum of Modern Art – 11 West 53 Street – New York NY, United States
Author: Kismaric Susan
1997
Periodicals
2002
Arte y Parte n° 38
Santander, Spain
04/2002-05/2002
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