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Photo: Dan Wayne

Claudio Bravo
Born 1936 in Valparaiso, Chile
Lives and works in Chile and Morocco
Les Baigneurs, 1984
oil paint on canvas
13 5/8 x 18 inches
Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Crosby Kemper, Jr.
1995.9
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Chilean-born painter Bravo is a master of contemporary hyperrealism. Often depicting scenes from his estate in Tangier, Morocco, his still-life, landscape, and figure paintings are rendered with remarkably refined technical skill, and hint at an underlying sensuality.