Amparo da Barra Mansa, 1899 - Valinhos (Brazil), 1973 By Francisco Alambert Architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, playwright, set designer, writer, decorator, and performer (before this concept was coined), Flávio Resende de Carvalho moved with his family to São Paulo in 1900. In 1908, he studied at the American School of…
São Paulo (Brazil), 1929 - 2003 By Flávio Aguiar A controversial poet and essayist, he deepened the writing techniques of the modernists of 1922, particularly those of Oswald de Andrade. He developed syntactical innovations anticipated in the poetry of Mário Faustino and rejected the confessional sentimentalism produced by the previous…
São Paulo, 1909 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1994 By the Latin American Team An internationally recognized architect and landscape designer, Roberto Burle Marx spent a period in Germany, where he came into contact with European artistic avant-gardes and studied at the National School of Fine Arts. While combining his…
Medellín (Colombia), 1932 By Francisco Alambert Fernando Botero, the most well-known Colombian painter of the 20th century, is known for his distinctive representation of obese or rounded human figures, often incorporating ironic, parodic, and nostalgic references to art history and social and political life. He is regarded by many as…
Capivari, 1886 – São Paulo (Brazil), 1973 By Francisco Alambert Daughter of a wealthy family from São Paulo, Tarsila do Amaral began her studies at schools in São Paulo and later, in 1902, at Sacré-Coeur in Barcelona, where she started experimenting by copying other artists' paintings. After returning to Brazil…
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