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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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