GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Chilean painter, engraver, and instructor Rodolfo Opazo Bernales has been an active figure in Latin American art since the 1950s. At that time, the majority of his contemporaries abandoned figural forms for abstraction; Opazo Bernales did the reverse. In contrast to the discordant assemblage of shapes seen in Inner Landscape, his later works embrace the human form.
Excerpt from
Erin Piñon, Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, Label text, 2017.
NOTES
Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.
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Opazo_Rodolfo (Rodolfo Opazo Bernales): ULAN: 500071668
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Geography
Chile (nation): TGN: 1000049
Región Metropolitana (region / administrative division / Chile): TGN: 1001708
Santiago (inhabited place / Chile): TGN: 7002591
Process/materials
oil paint: AAT: 300015050
paper (fiber product): AAT: 300014109
board: AAT: 300014616
composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316
Historical periods
Individuals
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painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618
works on paper: AAT: 300189621
landscapes (representations): AAT: 300015636
landscapes (environments): AAT: 300008626
layers (components): AAT: 300226788
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
paint layers: AAT: 300178450
brush strokes: AAT: 300185434
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
form (composition concepts): AAT: 300056272
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
curves (geometric figures): AAT: 300378887
curvilinear (shape): AAT: 300154222
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
abstract: AAT: 300108127
abstraction: AAT: 300056508
human figures: AAT: 300404114
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PROVENANCE
From 1959: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter (inventory list) (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
Chilean painter, engraver, and instructor Rodolfo Opazo Bernales has been an active figure in Latin American art since the 1950s. At that time, the majority of his contemporaries abandoned figural forms for abstraction; Opazo Bernales did the reverse. In contrast to the discordant assemblage of shapes seen in Inner Landscape, his later works embrace the human form.
Excerpt from
Erin Piñon, Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, Label text, 2017.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Opazo_Rodolfo (Rodolfo Opazo Bernales): ULAN: 500071668
Cultures
Geography
Chile (nation): TGN: 1000049
Región Metropolitana (region / administrative division / Chile): TGN: 1001708
Santiago (inhabited place / Chile): TGN: 7002591
Process/materials
oil paint: AAT: 300015050
paper (fiber product): AAT: 300014109
board: AAT: 300014616
composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618
works on paper: AAT: 300189621
landscapes (representations): AAT: 300015636
landscapes (environments): AAT: 300008626
layers (components): AAT: 300226788
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
paint layers: AAT: 300178450
brush strokes: AAT: 300185434
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
form (composition concepts): AAT: 300056272
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
curves (geometric figures): AAT: 300378887
curvilinear (shape): AAT: 300154222
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
abstract: AAT: 300108127
abstraction: AAT: 300056508
human figures: AAT: 300404114
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1959: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter (inventory list) (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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