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List Of Brazilian Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Brazil or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A *Zina Aita (1900–1967), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter *Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Impressionist painter *Mara Alvares (born 1948), contemporary artist *Marina Amaral (born 1994), known for colorization of historical photographs *Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), modernist painter * Abigail de Andrade (1864–1890), painter *Amanda Maciel Antunes (fl 2000s), costume designer * Camila Alves (born 1982), fashion designer * Maria Auxiliadora (1935–1974), painter B *Brígida Baltar (c.1959–2022), visual artist * Ladjane Bandeira (1927–1999), painter, art director *Tatiana Blass (born 1979), contemporary artist * Vera Chaves Barcellos (born 1938), visual artist *Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), painter *Lenora de Barros (born 1953), contemporary artist *Edith Behring (1916–1996), painter *Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-Brazilian painter and ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Brill
Alice Brill (December 13, 1920 – June 29, 2013) was a German-born Brazilian photographer, painter, and art critic. Life and career Alice Brill Czapski was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1920. She was Jewish, the daughter of the painter and the journalist . In 1934 she and her parents left Germany to escape the National Socialist (Nazi) regime; her mother, long divorced from Erich Brill, emigrated to Brazil, and in 1935 Alice Brill and her father also emigrated there. Influenced by a schoolteacher, she recorded in a diary the trips made during exile, with a photographic camera given to her by her father. She passed through Spain, Italy and the Netherlands before landing in Brazil. Her father returned alone to Germany in 1936. He was subsequently imprisoned and died, a Holocaust victim, in 1942 at the Jungfernhof concentration camp. At age 16 she studied with the painter Paulo Rossi Osir, who influenced her production of photographs and batik paintings. She participated in the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djanira Da Motta E Silva
Djanira da Motta e Silva (20 June 1914, in Avaré – 31 May 1979, in Rio de Janeiro), known artistically as just Djanira, was a Brazilian painter, illustrator and engraver. She was known for her naïve art paintings, depicting Brazilian common people, religious themes and landscapes. Biography Djanira was born in Avaré, daughter of Oscar de Paiva Pia Job Paiva was initially registered. At 23, she was hospitalized with tuberculosis in São José dos Campos where she made her first drawing: Christ on Golgotha. As her health improved, she continued treatment in Rio de Janeiro, residing in Santa Teresa, because of its clean air. In 1930, she rented a small house in the neighborhood and installed a family pension. One of her guests, the painter Emeric Mercier, encouraged her and gave her painting lessons. Djanira also attended a night drawing course at the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. In this period she kept in touch with the couple Arpad Szenes and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliane Dardot
Liliane Dardot (born 1946) is a Brazilian artist, graphic designer, teacher, and political activist. She actively participated in the Oficina Guaianases de Gravura, an important art movement in Brazil. She is mostly known for her drawings in colored pencils, her works of lithography, and book illustrations. Biography Liliane Dardot was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1946. As a young adult, along with studying art, she was involved in social and somewhat political projects, which concerned the impact on poor adolescents of the military dictatorship. Dardot attended school at the Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and graduated in 1968. Shortly following her graduation, she decided to teach drawing at the same school. She was a highly skilled student and professor, where teachers spoke highly of her. Dardot later taught at other universities, bringing her fundamental skills of drawing with her. After graduating in 1968, she began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Costa Rêgo
Tereza Costa Rêgo (28 April 1929 – 26 July 2020) was a Brazilian painter. She received the Ordem do Mérito Cultural in 2011. Rêgo was born in April 1929 and was noted for her painting ability at a young age, with her piece "Menina e ex-votos" being placed into the Museu do Estado de Pernambuco in 1949. She continued to win more award from the State Museum and the Recife Society of Modern Art, having three by 1962. Costa Rêgo died in Recife on 26 July 2020, aged 91, due to a stroke A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functionin .... References 20th-century Brazilian painters 20th-century Brazilian women artists Brazilian women painters 1929 births 2020 deaths People from Recife {{Brazil-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariza Dias Costa
Mariza Dias Costa (October 16, 1952 – March 29, 2019) was a Guatemalan-Brazilian political cartoonist and illustrator who influenced her genre with her novel approach. Life Costa is said to have been born in Guatemala, but other sources say she was born in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Her father was Mário Dias Costa, a diplomat. She lived in Switzerland, Peru, Italy, France, Paraguay, and Iraq before establishing in Brazil. She received an "acquisition award" at the 3ª Mostra de Artes Visuais do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in 1974. She found her niche in the same year illustrating the "Court Diary" column of Paulo Francis Paulo Francis (Rio de Janeiro, September 2, 1930 – New York City, February 4, 1997) was a Brazilian journalist, political pundit, novelist and critic. Francis became prominent in modern Brazilian journalism through his controversial critiqu ... in the Folha de S.Paulo leading Brazilian national newspaper. She continued in this partnership until 1990. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygia Clark
Lygia Pimentel Lins (23 October 1920 – 25 April 1988), better known as Lygia Clark, was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement. Along with Brazilian artists Amilcar de Castro, Franz Weissmann, Lygia Pape and poet Ferreira Gullar, Clark co-founded the Neo-Concrete movement. From 1960 on, Clark discovered ways for viewers (who would later be referred to as "participants") to interact with her art works. Clark's work dealt with the relationship between inside and outside, and, ultimately, between self and world. Life Clark was born in 1920 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In 1938, she married Aluízio Clark Riberio, a civil engineer, and moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she gave birth to three children between 1941-45.Cornelia Butler and Luis Pérez-Oramas, ''Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988'' (New York: The Museum of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Cinto
Sandra Cinto is a Brazilian contemporary artist, known for her sculpture, drawing, paintings, and installations. Born in Santo Andre, Brazil in 1968; Cinto is currently living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. Cinto's artwork mixes installations, paintings, and detailed pen drawings. Sandra Cinto continues to produce artwork and showcase her work. Background and education Cinto was born in 1968 in Santo André, Brazil. She graduated with a degree in art education, from Faculdades Integradas Teresa D’Ávila (FATEA), Santo André, Brazil, in 1990. Work Cinto's media includes pen and acrylic on canvas, wood, and walls. As well as sculptures, made with various materials. Her work has been shown in many exhibitions such as ''Sandra Cinto: Chance and Necessity,'' USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, USA 2016, ''Sandra Cinto,'' House Triangle, São Paulo, Brazil 1997, and others. Assorted exhibitions * 2016-''Sandra Cinto: Chance and Necessity'', curated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catia Chien
Catia Chien is a children's book illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is currently working in New York City. She graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 2004. She has produced work for several publishing companies, including Random House, Penguin Books and Candlewick Press. She has won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles for her work in ''Sea Serpent and Me'', written by Dashka Slater. Chien has also received a Schneider Family Book Award for her ALA notable book, ''A Boy and a Jaguar'', written by Alan Rabinowitz. Chien also works in visual development for animation. She has worked on films such as '' The Little Prince'' and Wish Dragon'. Books * ''A Boy and a Jaguar'', written by Alan Rabinowitz, HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014 () * ''Things to Do'', written by Elaine Magliaro, Chronicle Books, 2017 () * ''My Blue is Happy'', written by Jessica Young, Candlewick, 2013 () * ''The Longest Night: A Passover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leda Catunda
Leda Catunda Serra, known as Leda Catunda (born 1961) is a Brazilian painter, sculptor, graphic artist and educator. She is a representative name of the ''Geração 80'' artists' group. Her works explore the limits of textures and materials, being characterized by her "soft paintings" over towels, bedclothes, leather, velvet and silk. Biography Catunda was born in 1961 in São Paulo. She studied Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP). Before becoming an artist, she wanted to be a rock musician. Early in her career she was featured in a group exhibition called ''"Pintura como meio"'' ("Painting as Medium") held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo in 1983. Catunda gained recognition when she exposed her works at the exhibition ''Como vai você, Geração 80?'', (How are you, Generation 80?) held in 1984 at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, in Rio de Janeiro. After this exhibition she became something of a national celebrity, appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josely Carvalho
Josely Carvalho (born September 21, 1942) is a Brazilian artist who is based in New York City and Rio de Janeiro. She works in a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, printmaking, book art, video, and installation. In the last four decades, her artwork has embraced several mediums and seeks to highlight memory, identity, women issues and social justice while consistently challenges frontiers between artist and public and art and politics. Currently her research is foucused in olfactory art - smells to evoke memories and emotions in her project ''Diary of Smells''. Is an on-going cross-disciplinary sensorial project considering the olfactory as protagonist among other typically dominant components in contemporary art such as video, sound, photography, book-art and installations. Each artwork represents a page from the diary such as URUKU - the forgotten disciplinesPassages [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Cândido
Maria de Lourdes Cândido (born February 11, 1939) is a Brazilian artisan working in clay. She was born in Juazeiro do Norte and began making toys out of clay for her children. She later began to "bake" these figures and sell them in the local market. She developed her own style and went on to produce painted figures from kaolin, some realistic and some imaginary. Her work now sells throughout Brazil, but also in Europe and the United States. In 2004, she was named a "Living Treasure" by the Secretary of Culture for the state of Ceará. In 2013, she was named to the Ordem do Mérito Cultural The Ordem do Mérito Cultural is an honor bestowed by the Ministry of Culture to personalities, bodies both public and private, national and foreign, as a recognition of their contributions to Brazilian culture. The award was established bLaw No .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Candido, Maria 1939 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian women artists 21st-century Brazilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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