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, Joseph Beuys and

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were among Novarro's friends. He photographed them repeatedly. At first, his first wife, Nana (Renate) Novarro, an artist too, was the one who made most of the appointments with the great artists for Eddy, and later on his last wife, Tatiana Grigorieva Novarro, managed the appointments. Eddy and Nana received paintings and the artists added "For Nana and Eddy" – today a respectful collection. Signatur Nana Novarro de Craiova Wife of Eddy Novarro 1961 For Nana and Eddy

Signatur Nana Novarro de Craiova Wife of Eddy Novarro 1961 For Nana and Eddy

Early life

Novarro was of Romanian descent and was born in Bucharest 1925 , Family from

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. After emigrating to Brazil via Italy in 1946, he settled in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

In 1958, Novarro accepted an invitation from the architect Sergio Wladimir Bernardes to travel to the EXPO in Brussels and document the Brazilian pavilion in a photo series. it was there that he met René Magritte, who introduced him to the Paris surrealist circle. From the seventies onward, Novarro lived part of the time in Germany, because he considered Europe "the center of art". On a visit to New York City in February 1978, Novarro met gallery owner

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, who familiarized him with the Pop art scene. He soon came into contact with Pop art artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and

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Works

Novarro's friends and clients included heads of state, presidents, actors as well as artists. In the course of several decades he made portraits of Ava Gardner,

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, King Hussein of Jordan, Evita Peron and the Dalai Lama.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Novarro, Eddy 1920s births 2003 deaths Photographers from Bucharest Brazilian photographers Artists from Rio de Janeiro (city) Romanian emigrants to Brazil