Collections, Bruno Zupan Public Collections American Family Life Assurance Corporation American Ballet Theater Bank of America The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, Georgia Columbus Bank and Trust Company Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia Macon Museum of Art Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Museo de Arte de la Cartuja, Valldemossa Museo de Mallorca
Natasha, Bruno and Sallie at the opening of the Velázquez Exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Philatelic Museum, Palais des Nations, Geneva Schlumberger Corporation Synovus Financial Corp. Total System Services UN Headquarters, New York Valladarez Foundation Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia Musée du Château d’Ars, La Châtre, France Maneuver Center of Excellence, Main Headquaarters Building, Ft. Benning Georgia
Private Collections S.A.R. Doña Pilar de Borbón
United States Senator Robert Corker
Tom Brokaw
The Rockefeller Collection
Colleen Dewherst
Condes de Montrico
Margot Fonteyn
The Rothschild Collection
Frederick Franklin
Sheikha Alia Mubarak Al Sabah George C. Scott
Jerry Hermann
Hedrick Smith
Marion Javits
The Swarovski Family of Austria
Erica Jong Prince and Princess Michael of Kent Bruno Magli
Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemiza Jacques Valenti Terry Vanderbuilt
Natasha Makarova HRH Princess Grace of Monaco
Li Xiannian, President of the People’s Republic of China
The Perl Collection
Dr.Simon Suen, Hong Kong
Photographs by Joe Paull www.tenoutproductions.com Printed in Italy by Grafiche Gelli www.grafichegelli.it
Introduction from Sallie Hirshberg It has been my honor and privilege to represent the work of renowned contemporary impressionist, Bruno Zupan over the last fifteen years. As one of the finest artists working in the style today, Bruno’s work continues to evolve and captivate viewers. Born in Slovenia, he spent three years in Paris before coming to the United States as a young, enthusiastic painter, and had his first exhibition here at Boston College. Now, as he celebrates his 76th birthday, his career has come full circle as we celebrate his most recent body of work and the Museum of Fine Art honors Bruno as the only living artist to receive special participation in the prestigious Art in Bloom exhibit. In the top echelon of American art museums, this is a tremendous honor. Prior to his association with the MFA, Bruno has had a long list of museum exhibitions throughout the course of his dynamic career. His work has been featured at the Columbus Museum of Art, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Philatelic Museum, the Palais de Nations in Geneva, and the Château d’Ars in France. Additionally, his work is part of numerous important private collections, including the Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Rothschild family collections, just to name a few. It is not surprising that Bruno’s work has garnered much critical acclaim over the years. An impressionist at heart, Bruno’s exquisite city scenes and sweeping vistas have always captivated viewers, reminding them of familiar and exotic places. Bruno’s affinity for color enhances vibrant memories, visions, and associations of place. His brushwork is invigorated and loose, while his unique spatter technique updates the traditional impressionist style. Glistening like light through the canvas is Bruno’s signature 23 ½ karat gold leaf work, which adds a lively shimmer to his full sun canvases and quiet effervescence to his night scenes. This year we are also honored to have Natasha Zupan. A Yale graduate, Natasha Zupan has taken after her father as an artist, working in mixed media, oil, and wax materials. In the show, both artists show side by side and their influence on each other is apparent and quite noteworthy. From her father, Natasha has inherited a bold jewel-toned color palette as she incorporates fabrics and figurative forms into her work. But Natasha’s more contemporary style has recently influenced her father’s work as well. Bruno’s most recent work gives us a closer perspective of each subject. As he hones in on a particular image, a familiar form becomes more obscured and his thick impastoed paint seems to leap from the canvas; the result is reminiscent of Natasha’s thickly texturized, sculptural surfaces with Bruno’s own masterful touch. It is truly unique to find such mutual respect, talent, and constant evolution within a single artistic family. We are pleased to showcase Zupan and Zupan together in this extraordinarily colorful and imaginative exhibition and look forward to the next phase of their impressive careers. Cover: Night Flows to the Charles River, Oil on canvas, 51x51 inches.
Exclusively representing new works by
BRUNO ZUPAN & NATASHA ZUPAN You are cordially invited to celebrate fifteen years of representation by Galerie d’Orsay with the artists at the Collector’s Reception Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM.
Galerie d’Orsay 33 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116 tel : 617 266 8001 www.galerie-dorsay.com
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Bruno Zupan was born in 1939 in Slovenia. Once his studies in Zagreb, Croatia were completed in 1962 he emigrated to Paris where he enjoyed a thoroughly bohemian lifestyle with artists and students from many countries. He traveled to New York and Boston in 1964, and became an American citizen in 1969. He has been honored with over 200 exhibitions in museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, Japan and Kuwait, and has published 50 limited edition serigraphs and lithographs in Paris and Mallorca. In 1976 he was awarded life membership in the Society of French Artists, and in 1981 and 1991 he received special commissions to create First Day Covers for the World Federation of United Nations Associations Philatelic Program. In 1993 the Vallardarez Foundation sponsored an exhibition of his work at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Columbus Museum of Art curated his first retrospective exhibition to coincide with his sixtieth birthday in 2000. To accompany this event two books were published. Bruno Zupan, One Artist presents a large selection of his work in oil and watercolor and at the same time describes his unique lifestyle and painting technique. Bruno Zupan, Graphic Work is a complete catalogue of his prints. With tremendous personal pleasure Zupan accepted the invitation to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Sand extended jointly by the Festival Chopin in Valldemossa, Mallorca and the Year of George Sand Committee in France. He prepared two widely acclaimed exhibitions for the Musée du Château d’Ars in La Châtre, France, and the Royal Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa. Bruno and Natasha are honored to have their work featured at the United States Embassy, Lisbon, hosted by the U.S. State Departement’s office of Art in Embassies His twenty exhibitions in New York inspired a great deal of critical comment since his style and subject matter were so determinedly out of sync with the times: “Part of Zupan’s appeal is his willingness to take the necessary risks in terms of putting the emotive element back into landscape painting. He possesses the stunning confidence to put aside historical timidity and confront nature directly, and he has the rare painterly ability to translate passionate responses to it into transcendent works of art. His rhapsodic brushwork and singular vision have garnered him a worldwide following among those who still seek beauty in the art of painting. Bruno Zupan is one of the last great romantics and for that alone his work is worth treasuring.”
Ed McCormack, ArtSpeak, New York.
Boston at Twilight Oil on canvas, 51 x 77 inches.
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Diptych: Rocks and Sea Oil on canvas, 48 x 96 inches. Field of Queen Anne’s Lace Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.5 inches.
My Neighbor’s Window Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 45.5 inches.
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Diptych: Blossoming Almond Grove Oil on canvas, 32 x 71.5 inches
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Setting Sun, Blue River Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.5 inches.
A Snail’s View of Oriental Poppies Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 inches.
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Pyrotechnic Memory Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 inches.
New City Oil on canvas, 38 x 57,5 inches.
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Composition for Autumn Oil on canvas, 35 x 46 inches.
Fishing Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.5 inches.
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Imaginary Highways Oil on canvas, 38 x 57.5 inches.
My Dream of an Island Oil on canvas, 35 x 46 inches.
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Diptych: Mediterranean Coast Oil on canvas, 32 x 65 inches.
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Deep Space Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.5 inches.
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Space Migration Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.5 inches.
Galaxies Oil on canvas, 38 x 57.5 inches.
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In Tuileries Garden, Paris Watercolor on Japanese Rice Paper, 25.5 x 38 inches.
Barges on the Seine Watercolor on Arches Paper, 27.5 x 39 inches.
The Waning light Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 inches.
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My Father’s Guitar Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 25.5 inches.
Snow Covered Bridge in Boston Public Gardens Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 32 inches.
Summer Morning Oil on canvas, 51 x 51 inches.
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Natasha Zupan
Light Refraction #1, #2, #3 Mixed media on wood, 18 x 15 inches each. 2015
Light Refraction “The surface glittered out of the heart of light”
In Burnt Norton, from which the quote is taken, Eliot refers to a gate which opens to our first world. Art is the gateway that guides us towards alternate realities. Often a subtle, shrouded reality hides in mundane situations. Natasha Zupan’s work juxtaposes emotions, reflections, shadows, light, time, images and abstractions in a confrontation between traditional representation and contemporary subjectivities. Like Eliot, she manipulates and interweaves concepts of time. In her work time past and time future are united in a perpetual possibility of change. Her work captures the resonances, and the echoes and reflections of conflict and evolution. Nostalgic echoes of the traditional western concepts of art and beauty co-exist with the materials she employs to open the gates to a timeless, tactile world of sensation and overlapping memory. Natasha Zupan’s work is not about translating a world that already exists. It is about an entrance to a different universe through the folds in the textiles and the cracks in the shadowy heart of light. She uses pure gold, white gold, palladium, virgin wax, embroidered fabrics, and newsprint. They are not random materials for collage, but substances extracted from everyday life that enable her to reconstruct and elevate memory. Materials and emotions converge. Fabrics are coded with meaning, and emotions are infused with molding paste. Strokes of oil paint are imbued with shades and motions of desire, longing, torment, ecstasy, dream, and myth. By working through sequences a pattern emerges that establishes a visual dialog between interwoven, tactile memories. Desire for Spring Bouquet Oil on canvas, 39 x 39 inches.
Felipe Hernandez, 2015
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Light Refraction #4 Mixed media on wood, 18 x 15 inches each, 2014
Light Refraction Set of 12, All mixed media on canvas 9.5 x 7.5 inches each, 2014/15
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Light Refraction Mixed media on wood with encaustic and gold, 2015
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Light Refraction Mixed media on wood, 18x15 inches, each 2015
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Light Refraction #21 Mixed media on wood, 60 x 36 inches, 2014/15
Collections, Bruno Zupan Public Collections American Family Life Assurance Corporation American Ballet Theater Bank of America The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, Georgia Columbus Bank and Trust Company Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia Macon Museum of Art Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Museo de Arte de la Cartuja, Valldemossa Museo de Mallorca
Natasha, Bruno and Sallie at the opening of the Velázquez Exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Philatelic Museum, Palais des Nations, Geneva Schlumberger Corporation Synovus Financial Corp. Total System Services UN Headquarters, New York Valladarez Foundation Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia Musée du Château d’Ars, La Châtre, France Maneuver Center of Excellence, Main Headquaarters Building, Ft. Benning Georgia
Private Collections S.A.R. Doña Pilar de Borbón
United States Senator Robert Corker
Tom Brokaw
The Rockefeller Collection
Colleen Dewherst
Condes de Montrico
Margot Fonteyn
The Rothschild Collection
Frederick Franklin
Sheikha Alia Mubarak Al Sabah George C. Scott
Jerry Hermann
Hedrick Smith
Marion Javits
The Swarovski Family of Austria
Erica Jong Prince and Princess Michael of Kent Bruno Magli
Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemiza Jacques Valenti Terry Vanderbuilt
Natasha Makarova HRH Princess Grace of Monaco
Li Xiannian, President of the People’s Republic of China
The Perl Collection
Dr.Simon Suen, Hong Kong
Photographs by Joe Paull www.tenoutproductions.com Printed in Italy by Grafiche Gelli www.grafichegelli.it
Introduction from Sallie Hirshberg It has been my honor and privilege to represent the work of renowned contemporary impressionist, Bruno Zupan over the last fifteen years. As one of the finest artists working in the style today, Bruno’s work continues to evolve and captivate viewers. Born in Slovenia, he spent three years in Paris before coming to the United States as a young, enthusiastic painter, and had his first exhibition here at Boston College. Now, as he celebrates his 76th birthday, his career has come full circle as we celebrate his most recent body of work and the Museum of Fine Art honors Bruno as the only living artist to receive special participation in the prestigious Art in Bloom exhibit. In the top echelon of American art museums, this is a tremendous honor. Prior to his association with the MFA, Bruno has had a long list of museum exhibitions throughout the course of his dynamic career. His work has been featured at the Columbus Museum of Art, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Philatelic Museum, the Palais de Nations in Geneva, and the Château d’Ars in France. Additionally, his work is part of numerous important private collections, including the Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Rothschild family collections, just to name a few. It is not surprising that Bruno’s work has garnered much critical acclaim over the years. An impressionist at heart, Bruno’s exquisite city scenes and sweeping vistas have always captivated viewers, reminding them of familiar and exotic places. Bruno’s affinity for color enhances vibrant memories, visions, and associations of place. His brushwork is invigorated and loose, while his unique spatter technique updates the traditional impressionist style. Glistening like light through the canvas is Bruno’s signature 23 ½ karat gold leaf work, which adds a lively shimmer to his full sun canvases and quiet effervescence to his night scenes. This year we are also honored to have Natasha Zupan. A Yale graduate, Natasha Zupan has taken after her father as an artist, working in mixed media, oil, and wax materials. In the show, both artists show side by side and their influence on each other is apparent and quite noteworthy. From her father, Natasha has inherited a bold jewel-toned color palette as she incorporates fabrics and figurative forms into her work. But Natasha’s more contemporary style has recently influenced her father’s work as well. Bruno’s most recent work gives us a closer perspective of each subject. As he hones in on a particular image, a familiar form becomes more obscured and his thick impastoed paint seems to leap from the canvas; the result is reminiscent of Natasha’s thickly texturized, sculptural surfaces with Bruno’s own masterful touch. It is truly unique to find such mutual respect, talent, and constant evolution within a single artistic family. We are pleased to showcase Zupan and Zupan together in this extraordinarily colorful and imaginative exhibition and look forward to the next phase of their impressive careers. Cover: Night Flows to the Charles River, Oil on canvas, 51x51 inches.