Hyperrealism. 1967-2012
22 March to 9 June 2013
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<exchanging gazes> 5: Interior Scenes. Women and Daily Life.
New Display of the Collections
From 26 February to 10 June 2013
Although his great-grandfather François Joseph de Lapierre had been a painter, Francis Augustus Silva’s parents did not wish their son to follow his ancestor’s example. He was apprenticed to different trades until he finally began to work as a painter of poster advertisements. However, his incipient career as a self-taught painter was cut short in 1861 when he signed up voluntarily to join the Seventh Infantry Regiment. After the civil war ended he set up a studio in New York in 1867 to devote himself fully to painting and married Margaret Watts in 1868. A few years later, in 1869, he made his debut at the annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design and became a member of the American Water-Color Society in 1872
Silva’s. summer outings to areas near New York such as the Hudson River, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island were the basis of his landscapes, which were painted in the Luminist mode. His calm, luminous seascapes full of subtle gradations of light and atmosphere are the most highly valued compositions of his entire output
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T-shirt Self-Portrait (Size L)
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Necklace The Kimono
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Catalogue of the Exhibition Hyperrealism 1967-2012 (Spanish edition)
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Blue Vase Morandi
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Blue Cufflinks
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Bag Telephone Booths
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Bag Paul Klee
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Pendant Vincent van Gogh
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Bag Wayuu
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Case with Mugs Delaunay
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Yellow Vase Morandi
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Bottles and Vases Paul Klee
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White Vase Morandi
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T-shirt Countess of Dartmouth (Size M)
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