Marcelo Grassmann (September 23, 1925 – June 21, 2013) was a Brazilian engraver and draughtsman.
Biography
Initially interested in sculpture, Grassmann became a wood engraver in the 1940s and in the 1950s became famous as a metal engraver and draughtsman. He won several international first prizes, as in the I Salon of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (1953), the III Biennale of São Paulo (1955), the XXXI Biennale of Venice (1958)- prize for sacred art, III Biennale for Graphic Arts - Florence (1972).
Influenced by Austrian artist
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and Brazilian engravers
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Livio Abramo
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, Grassmann soon developed his own style of dreamlike figures including knights, maidens, death, horses, crabs and other fantastic creatures. Grassmann has also produced many drawings. His works figure, among others, in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas and the
Pinacoteca do Estado
A pinacotheca (Latin borrowing from grc, πινακοθήκη, pinakothēkē = grc, πίναξ, pinax, (painted) board, tablet, label=none + grc, θήκη, thēkē, box, chest, label=none) was a picture gallery in either ancient Greece or anc ...
in São Paulo.
References
*Manuel, Pedro (1984). ''Marcelo Grassmann''. São Paulo: Art Editora.
*Cunha Lima, Jorge (introduction)(1984). ''Marcelo Grassmann - 40 anos de gravura.'' São Paulo: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura.
*d´Horta, Luís (1991). ''Anos 50 Desenhos Marcello Grassmann''. São Paulo: Coleção Branco e Preto Emporio Cultural.
*Ferreira Gullar (2005) (introduction). ''Marcello Grassmann, Desenhos''. São Paulo: Instituto Moreira Salles
Marcelo Grassmann's obituary
1925 births
2013 deaths
20th-century engravers
21st-century engravers
Brazilian engravers
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