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| Italy | 22 |
| France | 14 |
| Germany | 13 |
| USA | 5 |
| Korea (Republic) | 4 |
Biography: 
1.1.1921 Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône (FR)
French 'Nouveau Realisme' sculptor who died in 1998. His work is highly varied, but he became best known for his ingenious use of scrap material. In the mid 1950s he began to make sculptures from material that he found in refuse dumps - scrap iron, springs, tin cans, cars and so on - building these up with wire into strange winged or insect-like creatures.
César became a star in the 1960s having devoted many years to sculpture and living in poverty in Paris. Born in Marseilles, to an Italian father and a French mother who was mad about art, César left school at 14 to start his artistic career. Scrap yards offered cheap materials for sculpture, and from this point his signature style developed to make him a vital part of the Parisian artistic and social scene.
César created giant thumbs Thumb (1965) Tate Modern in London) and involved himself in intensive researches regarding metal works, resin, paper and cardboard which he transformed into what he called "expansions". Much influenced by Picasso, César also produced monumental sculptures like his Venice Biennial piece of a 520-tonne metalwork monument.
He designed the French cinema award statuette 'César' and by the end of the 1980's, César became more and more prolific. He worked above all as a designer (designing posters for strip club Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris) and directing a team which was producing works to which he was only adding his signature. However little actual of César's hand there is in his later works, his legacy will continue to live on as his sculptures litter squares all around Paris.
6.12.1998 Died in Paris (FR)
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Public exhibitions 78
Solo shows 6
2008
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| Cesar - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1999
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| Cesar Baldaccini - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
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| César, Suite Milanaise - MAMAC - Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice |
1998
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| César - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
1996
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| Cesar - Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris |
1979
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| Cesar - Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris |
Group shows 72
2009
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| Weltanschauung Visione Del Mondo - Art Forum Würth Capena, Capena |
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| A França no MAC - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Love Letters: ampliamento e allestimento della nuova collezione del MACRO - MACRO Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome |
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| Da Hartung a Warhol - CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia |
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| Trivial Abstract - Villa Arson, Nice |
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| Vivre l'art - collection Venet - Espace de l’art concret, Mouans Sartoux |
2008
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| A Forest of Sculptures. The Simon Spierer Collection - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
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| Heavy Metal. Die unerklärliche Leichtigkeit eines Materials - Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel |
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| Skulpturen im Blickpunkt - Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim |
2007
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| Wenn Handlungen Form werden - Ein neuer Realismus in der Kunst seit den fünfziger Jahren - Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Match Race - Modernistic remixes between now and then - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Collectors 1 - Collezione La Gaia - - Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio (closed) |
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| 100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim - Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim |
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| The exhibition for children: Noah's Ark - National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon |
2006
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| Selecció del fons de la galeria - Art Vall, Andorra la Vella |
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| busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| Internazionale XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara - Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara |
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| Die Gesichter hinter den Bilden - The Columns, Seoul |
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| Weltanschauung- Visione del mondo - Palazzo Belmonte Riso - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palermo |
2005
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| Schöner Leben - Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt |
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| Exposition de groupe - Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris |
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| Réouverture du LAAC - LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque |
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| Memoire de la liberte - Galerie tazl., Weiz |
2004
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| CUBISM AND ITS LEGACY - The Gift of Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
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| Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Sculptures Monumentales à Saint Tropez - Marlborough Monaco, Monaco |
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| La sculpture des années 50-70 - Galerie Marion Meyer, Paris |
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| Atelier A - Jousse Entreprise, Paris |
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| Frankreich - Bilder, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafiken, Skulpturen und Fotografien - Galerie Ariadne - Thomas Netusil Kunsthandel, Vienna |
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| Roma, London, Paris - Galleria Il Ponte, Florence |
2002
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| Themes and Variations. Post-war Art from the Guggenheim Collections. - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
2001
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| The Human Figure in Modern Sculpture - Rodin Gallery, Seoul |
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| Silver - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Hellzapopin 1 bis - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Aux alentours de Nice - Marlborough Monaco, Monaco |
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| 8.Triennale Kleinplastik - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach |
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| Von Macke bis Picasso - Meisterwerke der Moderne - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
2000
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| Fortieth Anniversary of the Allan Stone Gallery - Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, NY |
1999
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| Made in France - Artsonje Center, Seoul |
1998
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| Usporednosti - 12 Francuskih Umjetnika - Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik |
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| The '60s in the Seventies - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
1997
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| Plastik - Eine Ausstellung zeitgenössischer Skulptur - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Dramatically different - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
1996
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| Des artistes des mouvements - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
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| Comme un oiseau - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1995
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| 46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
1994
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| Vue du collectionneur - Espace de l’art concret, Mouans Sartoux |
1993
1992
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| Zufall - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
1991
1990
1989
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| Une histoire de collections : dons 1984-1989 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1988
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| The Artist Palate - Michel Soskine Inc. - New York, New York City, NY |
1987
1986
1985
1981
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| Collection Château Mouton Rothschild 1945-1978 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1968
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| documenta 4 - Documenta, Kassel |
1964
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
1961
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| Ways and Means - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1959
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| documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 35 |
Austria
| | Primo Artista Galerie und Kunsthandels GmbH, Guntramsdorf
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Belgium
| | Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels
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France
| | Galerie Stella & Vega, Brest
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| | Galerie Aittouarès, Paris
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| | Art Partner Galerie, Paris
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| | Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
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| | à l´Enseigne des Oudin, Paris
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| | GALERIE RACHLIN LEMARIE, Paris
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| | Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris
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| | Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
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| | Galerie Marie Ricco, Saint Remy de Provence
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| | Jacques Boulan Éditeur, Vigneux sur Seine
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Italy
| | Galleria Soave, Alessandria
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| | Pluraebello / Ierimonti Gallery, Milan
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| | Galleria d'arte Vecchiato, Padova
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| | Galleria Centro Steccata, Parma
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| | Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma
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| | Pari & Dispai, Reggio Emilia
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Japan
Luxembourg
| | Galerie La Cité, Luxembourg
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Netherlands
Spain
| | Jean Paul Perrier - Fine Art, Barcelona
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Switzerland
| | E. Goetschel Collection Le Cachet, Binningen
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| | Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva
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USA
| | Artware Editions, New York City, NY
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| | Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 36
Austria
| | Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
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Belgium
| | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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Brazil
| | MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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| | Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
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| | Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo
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Chile
| | Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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| | Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
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Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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France
| | FRAC - Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême
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| | le Musée de l’Objet, Blois
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| | FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen
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| | LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque
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| | FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille
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| | MAC Musées d´Art Contemporain, Marseille
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| | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy
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| | MAMAC - Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice
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| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
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| | Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
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| | Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg
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| | les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
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Germany
| | Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
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| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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| | Villa Haiss, Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Zell a.H.
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Iran
| | Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
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Italy
| | Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna
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| | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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Japan
| | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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Netherlands
| | Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen
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Spain
| | Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
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Switzerland
| | Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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| | Tate Modern, London (England)
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| | SCAG - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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