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 Copyright the artist | | | Wesselmann, Tom (1931 - 2004)
USA
Great American Nude, #52, 1963
Acrylic, fabric and printed paper collage on panel;
152.3 x 121.9 x 4 cm
Pop Art
UID 102-616
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Biography
American painter, sculptor and commercial designer. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York between 1956 and 1959, where he was encouraged to take up painting as a career. Selecting the human figure as his thematic support, Wesselmann began producing small collages with torn paper and other waste material. These works and some gigantic still lifes made up of household items and glued fragments of adverts, brought him fame and the recognition of being a founder of American Pop Art. In 1967, he took part in the Venice Biennale and, in 1968 and 1977, in documenta 4 and 6 in Kassel. At the end of the 60s, his works began to have more erotic connotations as in Bedroom Painting #13 (1969). The pictorial features, exaggerated in arabesque forms and chromatic arbitrariness, became significantly greater in the 70s, and in the 80s he returned to wall works. Wesselmann is also an important and innovative commercial designer, adapting his imagery to lithographs, prints and aquatints. He had a major retrospective in Japan in 1993-94.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003
The Figure International
Corpus Christi, Art Museum of SouthTexas, USA
01-01-1968 ~ 31-12-1969
The Figure International
Palomar College, USA
01-10-1968 ~ 30-11-1968
The Figure International
Hathorn College, USA
01-12-1968 ~ 31-01-1969
The Figure International
New York State University College, USA
01-02-1969 ~ 31-03-1969
The Figure International
Tennessee Fine Art Center, USA
01-06-1969 ~ 30-06-1969
The Figure International
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, USA
01-07-1969 ~ 31-07-1969
The Figure International
Portland Art Museum, USA
01-08-1969 ~ 31-08-1969
The Figure International
Tuscon Art Center, USA
01-09-1969 ~ 30-09-1969
The Figure International
East Tennessee State University, USA
01-10-1969 ~ 01-11-1969
Art About Art
North Carolina Museum Of Art, The, USA
02-09-1978 ~ 01-11-1978
Art About Art
Portland Art Museum, USA
01-02-1979 ~ 30-04-1979
Art About Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, USA
01-07-1978 ~ 01-09-1978
Viagem ao Séc. XX, A Walk Through The Century
EXPO 98, Portugal
12-02-1998 ~ 21-05-1998
Art About Art
Fredrick S. Wright Art Gallery, The, USA
02-11-1978 ~ 31-01-1979
Twelve Americans: Masters of collage
Andrew Crispo Gallery, USA
01-11-1977 ~ 31-12-1977
The Figure International
HuntingtonTrust Gallery, USA
01-04-1969 ~ 31-05-1969
Art in the Mirror
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NY), USA
01-11-1966 ~ 31-12-1966
Art in the Mirror
Museum of Fine Art - Van Nuys, USA
01-01-1967 ~ 28-02-1967
Art in the Mirror
Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, USA
01-03-1967 ~ 30-04-1967
Art in the Mirror
San Francisco State College, USA
01-05-1967 ~ 30-06-1967
Art in the Mirror
Los Angeles Valley College, USA
01-09-1967 ~ 30-11-1967
Art in the Mirror
State University College (Oswego), USA
01-12-1967 ~ 31-03-1968
Art in the Mirror
Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), USA
01-07-1967 ~ 31-08-1967
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Pop 60s Transatlantic Crossing
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
11-09-1997 ~ 17-11-1997
The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle
Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, France
05-10-2001 ~ 14-01-2002
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca.
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
Arte Pop na Colecção Berardo
Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Madeira), Portugal
01-10-2002 ~ 31-01-2003
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Gunma)
The Museum of Modern Art (Gunma), Japan
19-02-2005 ~ 27-03-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Hiroshima)
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
29-05-2005 ~ 10-07-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Kochi)
The Museum of Art (Kochi), Japan
03-04-2005 ~ 22-05-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Nagoya)
Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan
10-09-2005 ~ 30-10-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Osaka)
Daimaru Museum, (Umeda, Osaka), Japan
19-01-2005 ~ 06-02-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo)
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo), Japan
26-07-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo)
The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Japan
06-11-2004 ~ 26-12-2004
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Barcelona)
Fundación Caixa da Catalunha (Barcelona), Spain
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Berlin)
Altes Museum (Berlin), Germany
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Bruxelles)
Palais des Beaux Arts (Bruxelles), Belgium
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (London)
Barbican Art Gallery, United Kingdom
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Madrid)
Fundación Juan March,
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Munich)
Villa Stuck Museum, Germany
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Nice)
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (Nice), France
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Rotterdam)
Kunsthal (Rotterdam), The Netherlands
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Tübingen)
Kunsthalle (Tübingen), Germany
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Tom Wesselmann – A Retrospective Survey, 1959-1993 (Speyer)
Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Germany
01-04-1994 ~ 30-11-1996
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Sedução Cinema & Pintura
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
27-06-2006 ~ 31-01-2007
Berardo Museum
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007
POP ART 1956 -1968
Scuderie del Quirinale, Italy
26-10-2007 ~ 27-01-2008
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, France
16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo
MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal
24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Bibliography
Art About Art, 1978
Published by Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; The Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, Los Angeles e Portland Art Museum
Art in the Mirror, 1966
Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York; Mansfield Fine Arts Guild; San Francisco State College; Los Angeles Valley College; Museum of Fine Art, Van Nuys; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; State University College, Oswego
Christie's, Contemporary Art, 1994
Published by Christie's
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729742873
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 972817652X
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle, 2001
Published by Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon
ISBN 2711843319
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 9728176856
Pop '60s Transatlantic Crossing, 1997
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 9728176384
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004
Published by TBS Television, INC.
S. Stealingworth, 1980
Sedução Cinema & Pintura, 2006
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729903034
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729739105
The Figure International, Corpus Christi, 1968
Published by Art Museum of South Texas; Palomar College, California; Hathorn Gallery, Saratoga Springs; State University College, Oswego; Huntington Trust Gallery, Columbus; Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville; Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans; Portland Art Museum
Tis – 10 Anos, 2002
Published by TIS.pt – Consultores em Transportes, Inovação e Sistemas
ISBN 9729588775
Twelve Americans: Masters of Collage, 1977
Published by Andrew Crispo Gallery
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