 Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Painting |
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Hyperreality, Photorealism |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 49 |
| Germany | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| Italy | 3 |
| France | 2 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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№ |
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John Berggruen Gallery, USA |
5 |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, USA |
4 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1932 Born in San Francisco, CA (US)
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 72
until 9.6.
until 9.6.
Solo shows 10
2007
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| Robert Bechtle - Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
2006
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| Robert Bechtle - Gladstone Gallery - New York - 24th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Robert Bechtle - A Retrospective - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2005
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| Robert Bechtle Retrospective - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Robert Bechtle - A Retrospective - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Robert Bechtle - Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
2002
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| Robert Bechtle - Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
2000
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| California Classic - Realist Paintings by Robert Bechtle - Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
1980
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| Robert Bechtle / MATRIX 33 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
1967
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| Arts of San Francisco: Robert Bechtle - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
Group shows 60
2013
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| Il Guggenheim. L'avanguardia americana 1945–1980 - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
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| Photorealism Revisited - Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Photorealism Revisited - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
2012
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| Photorealism - Painting with a Camera - Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen |
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| Highlight 2012 - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Occupy Bay Area - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Robert Adams, Robert Bechtle and Ewan Gibbs - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
2011
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| Artistic San Francisco - Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
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| East of Eden - Photorealism: Versions of Reality - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Dawn Till Dusk - Gallery Jen Bekman, New York City, NY |
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| Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph - Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Hyper Real – Kunst und Amerika um 1970 - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
2010
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| The Art of Giving - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Personal Identities/Contemporary Portraits - Sonoma University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA |
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| Hyper Real - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| They Knew What They Wanted - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Wall to Wall - Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Photorealist Watercolors: The PieperPower Collection - The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA |
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| Selected Works - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| The Road To Here - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2009
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| Six Centuries of Printmaking Part II: 1800's to present - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| The Lens and the Mirror: Self-Portraits from the Collection, 1957–2007 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| Works on Paper - Faggionato Fine Arts, London (England) |
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| American Dream - National Museum in Cracow / Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakow |
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| Watercolors by Five Contemporary Bay Area Painters - Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA |
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| Picturing America: Fotorealismus der 70er Jahre - - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (closed, 2013) |
2008
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| Shock of the Real: Photorealism Revisited - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
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| Stimulus Package Sale - ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| NAO TE POSSO VER NEM PINTADO - Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon |
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| The Wizard of Oz - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| PACIFIC LIGHT - A Survey of Californian Watercolour 1908-2008 - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn |
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| The West Coast Ten - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Whitney Biennial 2008 - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY |
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| Works on Paper - Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Car Culture - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
2007
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| The Painting of Modern Life - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| Pioneers - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| California Context - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Real Time: Focus - Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD) |
2005
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| Recent Acquisitions - Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection - Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
2004
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| Printed light - photographic vision and the modern print - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
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| Summer in the city - Galerie Delta, Rotterdam |
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| Watercolor Worlds - Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs (DGCP), New York City, NY |
2003
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| Hyperréalismes USA - 1965-1975 - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| Iperrealisti - Chiostro del Bramante , Rome |
2001
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| Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
2000
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| Picturing San Francisco - 1850-2000 - The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
1996
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| Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches and Schemas - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
1977
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| Aspects du réalisme - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1976
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| Druckgrafik von Künstlern der USA nach 1945 - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
1974
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| Variaciones Fotograficas - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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| Dixieme Biennale Internationale D´Art De Menton - Galerie d´ArtContemporain du Palais de l´Europe, Menton |
1973
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| Whitney Biennial 1973 - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY |
1972
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| documenta 5 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| California Prints - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1969
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| Directions 2: Aspects of a New Realism - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1967
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| 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
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| The Artist as His Subject - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1964
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| Collages, Prints, and Drawings by Robert Bechtle, Wesley Chamberlin and Richard Graf - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
| Dealer Directory 8 |
Belgium
| | Gladstone Gallery - Brussels, Brussels
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United Kingdom
| | Plus One Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Gladstone Gallery - New York - 21st Street, New York City, NY
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| | Gladstone Gallery - New York - 24th Street, New York City, NY
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| | Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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| | John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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| | Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
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Collections 13
Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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USA
| | Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
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| | Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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| | Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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| | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
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| | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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| | Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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