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Bruno at Galerie D’Orsay - Photo courtesy of Martha S. Folsom 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. 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. Cover: Boston at Night Oil on canvas, 55x55 inches.
Presents recent oils and mixed media works by
BRUNO ZUPAN & NATASHA ZUPAN
Saturday, April 29, 2021 from 7 to 9 PM The exhibition will continue through May 2021
Galerie d’Orsay 33 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116 tel : 617 266 8001 www.galerie-dorsay.com
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In 2015, Bruno Zupan was honored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston when he was invited to join in their highly regarded ‘Art in Bloom’ exhibition. Zupan chose a floral arrangement from the show and, in his signature blend of Impressionism and active spatter painting, rendered it in oil and gold leaf. This exquisite painting became the centerpiece for Galerie d’Orsay’s “Zupan and Zupan show, honoring Bruno alongside his daughter and fellow artist Natasha.
Bouquet in Copper Pot Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 39 x 32 inches
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Public Gardens, Evening Light Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 inches
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Sea Waves Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches
Diptych: Rocks and Sea Oil on canvas, 48 x 96 inches. The Magic of Sun and Sea Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 35 x 57.5 inches
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Note to Myself Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 22 x 18 inches
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The Way Oil on canvas with gold leaf 39 x 39 inches
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Grand Canal, Venice View to Rialto Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 32 x 25.5 inches
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Fiesta of Redentore, Venice Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.5 inches
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Voyage from My Studio Window Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 inches
Mediterranean Shore Oil on Canvas with gold leaf, 46 x 46 inches
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Earth in the Arms of Flowers Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 22 x 18 inches
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Mariposas Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 25.2 x 32 inches
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Memories of New England in Winter Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 inches.
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Wedding Couple Oil on Canvas with gold leaf, 25.5 x 32 inches
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Installation of Zupan’s addition to the Boston Public Library - Photo courtesy of Ben Flythe
Bruno has loved the Boston Public Library since his first visit in Boston in the mid1960s. Nearly every time Bruno travels to Boston, he visits the Library and, to this day, remains in awe of the institution. The Boston Public Library was the first, large free municipal library in the United States, and it serves and educates all walks of life in the Boston communities. Bruno has frequently noted how Boston is the smartest city in the world and he knows that the Boston Public library along with our many prestigious colleges and universities has a large hand in cultivating that honor. In 2019, the Boston Public Library acquired a largescale Zupan painting depicting the iconic Boston Common with Boylston Street leading towards Copley Square (right). An exciting event for the Boston Public Library as they had not added a painting to their permanent collection in years, it is also an incredibile honor for Bruno’s art to be hung alongside such greats as John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassat, Rembrandt and numerous other masters.
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Triptych: Blossoming Almond Trees Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 51.25 x 115 inches
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Bruno wandering in a field of almond trees, Mallorca in February
Almond Tree in Moonlight Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 39 x 46 inches
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Autumn Leaves Oil on canvas with gold leaf and platinum leaf, 32 x 39 inches.
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Kiss in a Flower Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 18 x 15 inches
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My Friend the Earth Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 39 x 39 inches
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Poet Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 22 x 18 inches
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Artist and Muse Oil on canvas with gold leaf, 22 x 18 inches
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Wild Flowers Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.5 inches
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Galaxy Oil on canvas, 38 x 51 inches
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N ATA S H A Z U PA N
Photo: Jean Marie Del Moral
Tactile Memory My work is about the juxtaposition of emotion in time, and the confrontation between traditional representation and contemporary subjectivities. This body of work explores the manipulation of surface texture, light and interweaving of time. Time past, and time future are united in a perpetual possibility of change. I try to capture these resonances of evolution in various types of representation. It is not about translating a world that already exists, but about an entrance into a different unverse. A timeless, tactile world of sensation and overlapping memory. Materials and emotions converge: the surface holds synthetic binders consisting mainly of layers of ink, acrylics, watercolors, pigments, gold fabrics, wax, photographs and oil paint. These are imbued with altered states of feelings and archetypal references. I believe in the continuity of historical and intercultural exchanges as a form of communication and associaton. The spacio - temporal confrontation is about the transience of tangible reality and illusionary nature of beauty we can hold onto both visually and materially.
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Quantum Color #20 - Oil, 24K gold on wood, 2020, 71” x 60”
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Tactile Memory #49
Tactile Memory #45
All: Mixed Media on wood, 2020, 18”x15”
Tactile Memory #48
Tactile Memory #40
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Quantum Color # 21 - Mixed Media on canvas, 2020, 75.5” x 54”
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Color Boundaries #75 - Oil, 24K gold, on wood, 2020, 31.5“x 23.5“
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12 Set: Tactile Memory - Mixed media on canvas, 2020, 9”x7”
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Jungle Collage #1
Jungle Collage #2
Jungle Collage # 4
Jungle Collage #3
All: Photocollage, 2020, 23,6”x18”
Collections, Bruno Zupan Public Collections American Family Life Assurance Corporation American Ballet Theater Bank of America Boston Public Library 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
Bruno at Galerie D’Orsay - Photo courtesy of Martha S. Folsom
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Bruno Zupan was born in 1939 in Slovenia. Once his studies in Z were completed in 1962 he emigrated to Paris where he enjoyed bohemian lifestyle with artists and students from many countrie to New York and Boston in 1964, and became an American citiz has been honored with over 200 exhibitions in museums and g United States, Europe, Japan and Kuwait, and has published 50 serigraphs and lithographs in Paris and Mallorca.
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 W.C. Bradley Museum, Columbus, GA.
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 Photography by Jane Zupan Printed in Italy by Grafiche Martinelli
Bruno and Natasha at Boston Museum of Fine Art.
In 1976 he was awarded life membership in the Society of Fren in 1981 and 1991 he received special commissions to create Fir for the World Federation of United Nations Associations Phila In 1993 the Vallardarez Foundation sponsored an exhibition of h Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Columbus Museum his first retrospective exhibition to coincide with his sixtieth bir To accompany this event two books were published. Bruno Zup presents a large selection of his work in oil and watercolor and at describes his unique lifestyle and painting technique. Bruno Z Work is a complete catalogue of his prints.
With tremendous personal pleasure Zupan accepted the commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George jointly by the Festival Chopin in Valldemossa, Mallorca and the Y Sand Committee in France. He prepared two widely acclaimed the Musée du Château d’Ars in La Châtre, France, and the Ro Monastery of Valldemossa.
His twenty exhibitions in New York inspired a great deal of cri since his style and subject matter were so determinedly out of sync
“Part of Zupan’s appeal is his willingness to take the necessary of putting the emotive element back into landscape painting. the stunning confidence to put aside historical timidity and co directly, and he has the rare painterly ability to translate passiona it into transcendent works of art. His rhapsodic brushwork and have garnered him a worldwide following among those who still the art of painting. Bruno Zupan is one of the last great romanti alone his work is worth treasuring.” Ed McCormack, ArtSpeak, Cover: Boston at Night Oil on canvas, 55x55 inches.