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Claudio Nelson Bravo Camus (November 8, 1936 in Valparaiso – June 4, 2011 in Taroudant) was a Chilean hyperrealist painter. He was greatly influenced by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dalí. He lived and worked in Tangier, Morocco, beginning in 1972.
- Claudio Bravo’s Early Life
- From Portraits to Paper Packages
- Claudio Bravo’s Final Years
Born on November 8, 1936, in Valparaíso, Chile, Claudio Nelson Bravo Camus was the eldest son in a family of seven children. His father, Tomás Bravo Santibáñez, was a wealthy landowner who had three ranches. Bravo was expected to follow in his father's footsteps as the main carer of his family's land and the cattle raised on it. However, the young ...
Feeling dissatisfied by his surroundings in Concepción, Bravo moved to Spain in 1961. There, he continued to paint portraits; some of his subjects were part of the country’s elite, including the daughter of General Francisco Franco. He was invited in 1968 to visit the Philippines to paint President Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos. Bravo spent si...
By 1972, Bravo had long left Spain and was living in New York. But that year, he decided to pack up and start a new life in Morocco. He ultimately landed in Tangier. “Places like Fez or Marrakesh are too hot in summer and too cold in winter,” said the artist. “Tangier has an absolute Mediterranean light. I’ve always tried to capture Mediterranean l...
If Bravo's father was against his son's artistic studies (although he once asked Claudio to paint a sunset with four large cows in the foreground), his mother, Laura Camus Gómez, supported his interests. She had been an amateur artist in her youth. "She painted beautiful, sensitive flowers." says Bravo.
Claudio Nelson Bravo Camus (November 8, 1936 in Valparaiso – June 4, 2011 in Taroudant) was a Chilean hyperrealist painter. He was greatly influenced by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dalí.
Jun 4, 2011 · Claudio Bravo Camus (November 8, 1936 – June 4, 2011) was a Chilean hyperrealist painter. He was greatly influenced by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dalí .
- Chilean
- November 8, 1936
- Valparaiso, Chile
- June 4, 2011
Nov 8, 2019 · Claudio Bravo Camus, the Chilean-born painter who made history with his hyperrealist paintings, is being remembered on what would have been his 83rd birthday. The artist is being celebrated...
Jun 13, 2011 · Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l’oeil paintings of paper-wrapped packages and draped cloth blended hyperrealism and classical Spanish influences , died...
