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Biographie |
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1903 |
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Born June 15 in Piatra-Neamt, Romania |
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1916 - 1918 |
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Evangelical school in Braïla |
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1921 |
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Briefly attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where he painted Cézannesque landscapes |
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1924 |
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First solo show at the Galerie Mozart in Bucharest |
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1925 |
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Went to Paris but returned to Bucharest approximately a year later |
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1929 |
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Associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist review UNU |
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1930 |
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Settled in Paris and became a friend of his compatriot Constantin Brancusi |
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1933 |
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Met Yves Tanguy, who introduced him to the Surrealists |
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1934 |
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André Breton wrote an enthusiastic introduction to the catalogue for Brauner’s first Parisian solo show at the Galerie Pierre |
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1935 |
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Returned to Bucharest, where he remained until 1938 |
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1945 |
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Returned to Paris |
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1947 |
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Included in the Exposition internationale du surréalisme at the Galerie Maeght in Paris |
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1954 |
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Work was shown at the Venice Biennale |
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1966 |
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Died March 12 in Paris, France |
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Helped found the Dadaist review 75 HP in Bucharest |
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Expositions |
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2008 |
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Traces du Sacré - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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2007 |
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Peggy Guggenheim E L’immaginario Surreale - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
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2007 |
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Merveilleux! D´après nature - Château de Malbrouck , Manderen |
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2007 |
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Ateliers - L'artistes et ses lieux de création - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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2007 |
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International & Australian Works on Paper - Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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2006 |
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Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre - 100 Köpfe- Das Jahrhundert moderner Skulptur - Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum • Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg |
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2006 |
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Da Monet a Boltanski - Fondazione Magnani - Rocca, Parma |
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2006 |
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Nomaden im Kunstsalon - Begegnungen mit der Moderne von Bayer bis Sol LeWitt - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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2006 |
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La collection permanente - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne |
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2005 |
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Looking at Words - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2005 |
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(my private) Heroes - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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2005 |
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Invisible Revealed: Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection - Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS |
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2004 |
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The Invisible Revealed: Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection - The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH |
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2004 |
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Munch, Nolde, Beckmann... Private Kunstschätze aus Süddeutschland - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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2003 |
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"Künstlerphotographien - Berühmte Photographen portraitieren berühmte Künstler" - Galerie Pudelko, Bonn |
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2003 |
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"Phantom der Lust. Visionen des Masochismus in der Kunst" - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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2003 |
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Accrochage des artistes de la galerie (modernes et contemporains) - Galerie Di Meo, Paris |
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2003 |
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Arbeiten auf Papier - Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne |
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2003 |
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Victor Brauner (1903–1966) - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY (solo) |
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2002 |
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Exemplum del disegno europeo del Novecento - Galleria Open Art, Prato |
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2002 |
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La Culture Pour Vivre - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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2002 |
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La part de l'autre - Carré d´art - Musée d´art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes |
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2002 |
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La Révolution surréaliste - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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2002 |
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Behind the Surrealist Curtain: Sex, Sensuality and Silence - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2002 |
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Past exhibitions at Ubu Gallery: VICTOR BRAUNER (1903 – 1966) October 16, 2003 – January 17, 2004 |
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2001 |
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Sade surreal - Der Marquis de Sade und die erotische Fantasie des Surrealismus - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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2001 |
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De Artaud ... à Twombly - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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2001 |
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Desene 1925 - 1962 - The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest (solo) |
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1999 |
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Dau al Set - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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1998 |
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Rumanian Avant-Garde, 1916–1947 - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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1996 |
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By Night - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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1995 |
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46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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1994 |
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Hantises - Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva |
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1989 |
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Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits) - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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1965 |
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Personal Choice: Paintings and Sculpture from Houston Private Collections - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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1959 |
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documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel |
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1958 |
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Personal Contacts: A Decade of Contemporary Drawings, 1948–1958 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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1958 |
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The Disquieting Muse: Surrealism - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne,Saint-Etienne Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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