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Biography
French painter who lived in Paris after 1916. In his youth, he admired the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, Matthias Grünewald and Albrecht Dürer who had a strong influence on his work in the thirties and forties. Between 1929 and 1932, he studied at the Académie Scandinave and, after 1930, he had his works shown regularly at the Salons d' Automne and Salons des Tuileries. In 1947, he received the Prix National des Arts. After the Second World War, Gruber started painting landscapes in André Breton's style with a palette of more delicate colours. In 1949, he had his first retrospective exhibition at the 60th Salon des Indépendants and, in 1959, another was organised by the Tate Gallery, in London. His compositions, in a fantastic realist style, had a great influence on the works of Bernard Buffet and Alberto Giacometti.
Exhibitions
Francis Gruber, 1912-1948 Kunsthalle (Bern), Switzerland 18-06-1976 ~ 31-07-1976
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
Erich Kahn - Forgotten Generation Jewish Survivor German Expressionist Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 05-05-2005 ~ 09-10-2005
Be-Bomb : The Transatlantic War Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Spain 25-09-2007 ~ 15-01-2008
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil 15-05-2009 ~ 30-06-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism, Porto Alegre MARGS, MUSEU DE ARTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL ADO MALAGOLI, Brazil 13-07-2009 ~ 30-08-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal 24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Francis Gruber 1912-1948, 1976 Published by Kunsthalle
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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