Mario Zanini, or simply Zanini (September 10, 1907 in

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– August 16, 1971 in São Paulo), was a Brazilian

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and

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er. He was born in a humble family. As a teenager he studied in the '' Escola de Belas de São Paulo'', or "School of Arts of São Paulo". He ran for the major art prizes of the country. Travelled to

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in 1950 for studying. He was also in the first three

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s. He was part of the

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, that would be a nucleus for the ''

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'', or "Artistic Family of São Paulo". What distinguishes him from the average integrants of the ''Grupo do Santa Helena'' and the ''Família Artística Paulista'' were his deep, intense colors, almost naive. He and

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were the great masters of color in the Brazilian painting history.

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