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Victor Brecheret, born ''Vittorio Breheret'' (December 15, 1894 – December 17, 1955), was an
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. He lived most of his life in
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, except for his studies in
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in his early twenties. Brecheret's work combines techniques of
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sculpture with references to his native country through the physical characteristics of his human forms and visual motifs drawn from Brazilian
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. Many of his subjects are figures from the
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Biography

Brecheret was one of the first Brazilian modernists to achieve success. In 1921 his sculpture ''Eve'' was acquired by the São Paulo city hall. In 1922 his work was exhibited in the foyer of the Municipal Theatre during the Week of Modern Art (''Semana de Arte Moderna''). His ''O Grupo'' was acquired by the
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government in 1934 for the Musée du Jeu de Paume; it was later moved to the public library at
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, where it remains on display. His best-known work, the massive ''Monument to the Banderas'' (''Monumento às Bandeiras'') at the entrance of Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, was proposed (in the form of a plaster miniature) in 1920, begun in 1936, and completed on January 25, 1953.


Birthplace controversy

Brecheret's Brazilian birth certificate lists his birthplace as São Paulo. This Brazilian record, though, was made in 1930 when the sculptor was already 36 years old upon his own request. Daisy Peccinini, Brecheret's biographer, maintains that he was in fact born in Farnese,
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, based on the original birth register (pictured right) made only four days after his birth. A second-leval judicial sentence from the State Court of São Paulo issued on October 15, 2014 corroborates that Brecheret was born in Italy and emigrated to Brazil in 1904 with his maternal uncle Enrico Nanni. Autos de Apelação nº0061760-39.2003.8.26.0100, da Comarca de São Paulo
(in Portuguese) File:Breheret Vittorio - atto di nascita 1894 Farnese VT.jpg, Birth record of Vittorio Breheret - ''Ministero per i Beni Culturali''


See also

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References


External links


Official Website of the Instituto Victor Brecheret in EnglishThe Marajoara art of Victor Brecheret
by the Instituto Victor Brecheret.


Bibliography

*PECCININI, Daisy
- A Linguagem das Formas''
São Paulo: Ed. Instituto Victor Brecheret, 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brecheret, Victor 1894 births 1955 deaths Italian emigrants to Brazil People from the Province of Viterbo 20th-century Brazilian sculptors 20th-century Brazilian male artists