Mário Cravo Neto (

Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

, April 20, 1947 — Salvador, August 9, 2009) was a Brazilian photographer, sculptor and draughtsman. Mário Cravo, son of the sculptor

Mário Cravo Júnior Mário Cravo Júnior (13 April 1923 – 1 August 2018) was a Brazilian sculptor, designer, and painter. He was part of the first generation of plastic artists in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, along with artists such as Carybé and . He wo ...

, was one of the first contemporary photographers of Brazil. Since his early life, he was in contact with circle of artists and, when an adolescent, he met Pierre Verger, friend of his father. In 1968, he studied for two years at the

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. After that, he returned to Brazil and first exhibited the sculptures created in New York at the 12th

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. He worked mainly with

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, and representing the religion of Candomble. In 2005, he exhibited at

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festival. He died in 2009 in Salvador due to skin cancer. Cravo is the father of Brazilian photographer Christian Cravo.

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Artists from Salvador, Bahia 1947 births 2009 deaths Brazilian people of Portuguese descent {{Brazil-artist-stub