Juarez Machado (born 1941 in
Joinville,
Santa Catarina,
Brazil) is a Brazilian
painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
.
Biography
Machado studied
fine arts
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
at the School of Art in the state of
Paraná, in the city of
Curitiba. He has worked in
illustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...
,
theatre,
television,
sculpture, and
gravure. Since 1986, he has lived in
Paris.
Anecdote
He influenced
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations.
Debuting as a di ...
's films from his own words.
External links Biography
Brazilian painters
Painters from Paris
People from Joinville
1941 births
Living people
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