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Biography
Born in San Francisco. Studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland and at the University of Berkeley, California, where he also taught. Was part of the "West Coast Photo Realist Triumvirate", together with Goings and McLean. Since 1959 he has exhibited in the United States and in Europe. He participated at the "Documenta" 5, in Kassel, in 1972. Lives in California.
Exhibitions
Hyperréalismes USA 1965-1975 Musée de Strasbourg, France 26-06-2003 ~ 05-10-2003
Robert Bechtle Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, USA 08-12-1973 ~ 20-01-1974
Amerikansk Fotorealism Art Now Gallery, Sweden 20-10-1990 ~ 24-11-1990
Traffic Jam New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, USA 15-09-1991 ~ 27-10-1991
Really, Real Realism Show Jack Wright Gallery, USA 08-01-1993 ~ 29-01-1993
Robert Bechtle + Ralph Goiings: A Review of Painting & Watercolors - 25 Years Louis K. Meisel Gallery, USA 02-10-1993 ~ 23-10-1993
Les Années Pop Centre Georges Pompidou, France 07-03-2001 ~ 02-07-2001
Robert Bechtle Retrospective (Forte Worth) Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, USA 26-06-2005 ~ 28-09-2005
Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective (San Francisco) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA 12-02-2005 ~ 05-06-2005
Foto-Realismo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 08-10-2002 ~ 15-11-2002
Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective (Washington) Washington Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art, USA 04-04-2006 ~ 06-04-2006
Novas Salas Pop, Fluxus, Foto-Realismo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 09-06-1997 ~ 28-02-1998
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
Berardo Museum Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007
Não te Posso Ver Nem Pintado Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 15-09-2008 ~ 10-05-2009
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742873
Colecção Berardo em Faro, 1999 Published by Galeria ARCO - Galeria TREM
Hyperréalismes USA 1965-1975, 2003 Published by Les Musées de Strasbourg
Les Années Pop, 2001 Published by Centre Georges Pompidou
Photorealism, 1980
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
Robert Bechtle: Retrospective, 2005 Published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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