Fulvio Pennacchi (December 27, 1905 in

Villa Collemandina Villa Collemandina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about north of Lucca. Villa Collemandina borders the following municipalities: Castiglione di Garfa ...

– October 5, 1992 in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

) was an

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artist who specialized in

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murals and made

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s. He was part of the Santa Helena Group, together with

Alfredo Volpi Alfredo Volpi (April 14, 1896 – May 28, 1988), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil ...

Francisco Rebolo Francisco Rebolo Gonsales, widely known as Francisco Rebolo, or just Rebolo (August 22, 1902 in São Paulo – July 10, 1980 in São Paulo), was a Brazilian painter. He was a son of Spanish immigrants that arrived at Brasil in the end of 19th c ...

Aldo Bonadei Aldo Cláudio Felipe Bonadei, also known as Aldo Bonadei (June 17, 1906 in São Paulo – January 16, 1974 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian painter of Italian descent. Early life Between 1923 and 1928, Aldo studied with Brazilian academic painter ...

, Alfredo Rizzotti,

Mario Zanini Mario Zanini, or simply Zanini (September 10, 1907 in São Paulo – August 16, 1971 in São Paulo), was a Brazilian painter and interior designer. He was born in a humble family. As a teenager he studied in the '' Escola de Belas de São Pau ...

, Humberto Rosa and others. His painting is sensitive and personal, particularly in the interpretation of major biblical themes and the lives of saints, owing to his childhood marked by a

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religious education. He was remarkable also for his interpretation of the

caipira A Caipira () is an ethnic group native to Paulistânia, cultural area in Brazil, the term "''caipira''", of origin in the Paulista General language, probably influenced by the terms "''kai'pira''", "''ka'apir''", "''ka'a pora''" or "''kopira'' ...

world.

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