Ivan Wasth Rodrigues (

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 ...

, July 1, 1927 - December 10, 2007) was a Brazilian painter and comics artist. He learned painting at the ateliers of

José Wasth Rodrigues José Wasth Rodrigues (São Paulo, March 19, 1891 - Rio de Janeiro, April 21, 1957) was a Brazilian painter, drafter, illustrator, Ceramic art, ceramist, teacher and historian. He was the uncle of the also illustrator Ivan Wasth Rodrigues. Wasth ...

(his uncle), Cid Affonso Rodrigues and Vittorio Gobbis, and also at the Escola de Belas-Artes de São Paulo. He started his professional career as a book illustrator for the Melhoramentos publishing house and doing advertising design. In the field of comics, he designed a two-part book for EBAL publishing house on the

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and the adaptation of the classic '' Casa-Grande & Senzala'', by Gilberto Freire. For Freire's book, which talks about the period of slavery in Brazil, Wasth Rodrigues researched for five months the paintings of

Jean-Baptiste Debret Jean-Baptiste Debret (; 18 April 1768 – 28 June 1848) was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil. Debret won the second prize at the 1798 Salon des Beaux Arts. Biography Debret studied at th ...

(one of the first artists to portray Brazilian society in the early 19th century). In 2001, he was awarded with the

Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics Master of National Comics ( pt-BR, Mestre do Quadrinho Nacional) is one of the categories of Prêmio Angelo Agostini, the most traditional Brazilian award dedicated to comics that has been held since 1985 by Associação dos Quadrinhistas e Carica ...

, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to

Brazilian comics Brazilian comics (known in Brazilian Portuguese as ''HQs, gibis, revistinhas, historietas'', ''quadrinhos'' or ''tirinhas'') started in the 19th century, adopting a satirical style known as cartoon, charges or caricature that would later be cemen ...

for at least 25 years.

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