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Copyright the artist | | | César, (1921 - ) France
Hommage à Léon, 1958-64
Bronze; 242 x 106.5 x 64.8 cm Nouveau Réalisme
UID 102-100
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Biography
French sculpture and object artist born César Baldaccini, in Marseille. 1935-42 Studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris- From 1950 made metal sculptures from collected pieces of industrial waste and scrap metal. 1954 First solo exhibition Animaux en ferraille at the Lucien Durand Gallery in Paris. 1959-68 Participation in “documenta 2” and “4”, in Kassel. From 1960 started to produce Compressions Dirigées, metal objects compressed into rectangular cuboids with a hydraulic press. He took part in Nouveau Réalisme events. 1961 During a visit to America he became acquainted with Duchamp and various Pop Art artists. Made compression using three cars, a Buick (from USA), a Zimm (from Soviet Union) and a Sunbeam (from England). Participated in the exhibition The Art of Assemblage, MoMA, New York. Created sculptures which represent enlarged parts of the body such as thumbs or parts of the chest. 1967 First Expansions: happening-like events involving the pouring of liquid plastics. 1970 Professorship at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. 1972 Mask series with the cast of his own face. 1985/86 Flat compressions of Peugeot cars. 1991 Pop Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993 Retrospective, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 1995 Venice Biennale, 1997 Major retrospective at the Galerie du Jeu de Paume in Paris. Lives in Paris.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003
Trois Sculpteurs, César, Röel d'Haese, Tinguely Musée des Arts Decoratifs, France 01-01-1965 ~ 31-12-1965
César (Tokyo) Seibu Museum of Art, Japan 01-01-1982 ~ 31-12-1982
César (Marseille) Musée Cantini, France 01-01-1966 ~ 31-12-1966
César, Fers 1950-1960 Bronzes Galerie Henri Crezevault, France 01-01-1971 ~ 31-12-1971
César, La Question de la Sculpture Musée Picasso (Antibes), France 01-01-1978 ~ 31-12-1978
Arman & César Fondation Château de Jau, France 01-01-1979 ~ 31-12-1979
César, Sculptures Anciennes Galerie Beaubourg (Paris-Vence), France 01-01-1980 ~ 30-12-1980
César, Sculptures 1950-1980 Grand Palais, France 01-01-1980 ~ 30-12-1980
César (Kruishoutem) Fondation Veranneman, Belgium 01-01-1981 ~ 31-12-1981
César (Torino) Galleria Galatea, Italy 01-01-1966 ~ 31-12-1966
César (Paris) Pavillon des Arts, France 01-01-1983 ~ 31-12-1983
César (Liège) Musée d'Art Moderne (Liége), Belgium 01-01-1982 ~ 31-12-1982
César, Bronzes Musée de la Poste, France 01-01-1984 ~ 30-12-1984
Marseille: ils collectionnent Musée Cantini, France 01-01-1985 ~ 31-12-1985
César, 30 dernières années de son oeuvre Centre Culturel de l'Yvone, Collégiale Saint Lazare, France 01-01-1987 ~ 31-12-1987
César, Les Bronzes Musée Paul-Valérie, France 01-01-1991 ~ 31-12-1991
César (Marseille) Musée Vieille Charité, France 01-01-1993 ~ 31-12-1993
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
ACAM Xème Salon de l´ACAM, France 01-01-1985 ~ 01-12-1985
César 1955-1985 Musée d'Art Contemporain (Dunkerque), France 01-01-1985 ~ 01-12-1985
Carte blanche à la Galerie Melki, apects des années 60. Galeries du Théâtre Municipal, France 01-01-1990 ~ 31-12-1990
Hommage au Président G. Pompidou Artcurial, France 01-01-1987 ~ 31-12-1987
Corps-figures Artcurial, France 01-01-1989 ~ 01-12-1989
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
3D - The Berardo Collection at the Portugeuse Parlement Assembleia da República, Portugal 17-04-2007 ~ 20-08-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Arman & César, 1979 Published by Fondation Château de Jau
Carte Blanche à la Galerie Melki, aspects des années 60, 1990 Published by Galeries du Théâtre Municipal
César, 1966 Published by Galleria Galatea
César, 1989 Published by Revue du Ministère de l' Économie et du Budget
César, 1966 Published by Galleria il Fante di Spade
César, 1991 Published by GLMR, d' Architecture no. 21
César, 1993 Published by Galeries Magazine no. 55
César, 1982 Published by Musée Art Moderne
César, 1983 Published by Pavillon des Arts
César, 1988 Published by Éditions de la Différence
César, 1990 Published by Populaire du centre
César 1955-1966, 1966 Published by Galerie Madoura
César 30 dernières années de son oeuvre, 1987 Published by Centre Culturel l'Yonne, Collégiale Saint Lazare
César à Roubaix, 1981 Published by Nord Éclair
César Bronzes, 1984 Published by Musée de la Poste
César Demeures & Châteaux en France
César Electa Spa, 1988
César Fers 1950-1960 Bronzes, 1971 Published by Galerie Henri Creuzevault
César La question de la Sculpture, 1978 Published by Musée Picasso
César les Bronzes, 1991 Published by Musée Paul-Valéry
César Rétrospective, 1981 Published by Hôtel de Ville
César Rétrospective, 1966 Published by Musée Cantini
César Rétrospective, 1981 Published by Cabriès-en Provence
César Rétrospective, 1981
César Tokyo 1982, 1982 Published by Seibu Museum of Art
Corps-figures, 1989
Corrèze Magazine, 1990 Published by Corrèze Magazine
France Soir, 1989
Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 1990
Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 1990
Grégoire Müller, Der Plastiker César, II, 1968
Hommage au Président G. Pompidou, 1987 Published by Artcurial, Paris
Je suis un sculpteur ancien Published by Cimaise no. 170, VIII
Je suis un sculpteur ancien Published by Cimaise et Galerie Beaubourg
L'Appartement d'un Amateur d' Art, 1990 Published by Votre Maison, V-VI
Le Mur Vivant, 1990 Published by Ministère des Finances
Le Petit Journal de César, 1993 Published by Galeries Magazine H.S.
Marseille: ils collectionnent, 1985 Published by Musée Cantini
Me Francis Briest, 1990 Published by Drouot-Montaigne
Rétrospective César, 1993 Published by Musée Vieille Charité
Rodin César, 1989 Published by Galerie Vallois et Georges-Phillippe Vallois
Salle catalogue Me Francis Briest, 1990 Published by Drouot-Montaigne
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
Trois Sculpteurs, CÉSAR, Roël d'Haese, Tinguely, 1965 Published by Musée Arts Décoratifs
Villetaneuse informations, 1982
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