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Weissmann, Franz (Austrian sculptor and painter, 1911-2005, active in Brazil)
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Note: Austrian sculptor, mainly constructivist, he also worked with figurativism and informalism. In the 1940s, he studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lectured sculpture at the Escola Guignard. In the 1950s, he became a member of the groups Frente and Neoconcreto. He received the prize of best sculptor by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Artes (1970s). He took part of biennials in Belgium, Venice and São Paulo. He made monumental sculptures for public spaces of several Brazilian capital cities. A landmark of his creation process was that he did not design a piece to be built, but worked directly on the material, manually molding little models which later were magnified in metalwork. |
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Leal, Paulo Roberto |
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(Brazilian artist and curator, 1946-1991) [500003122] |
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Zamoyski, August |
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(Polish sculptor, 1893-1970) [500057043] |
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Andrade, Farnese de |
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(Brazilian painter, 1926-1996) [500356492] |
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Vieira, Mary |
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(Brazilian sculptor, 1927-2001) [500196357] |
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| Portuguese ..... Escultor austríaco predominantemente construtivista, transitou também entre o figurativismo e o informalismo. Nos anos 1940, estudou na Escola Nacional de Belas Artes do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, e lecionou escultura na Escola Guignard. Na década de 1950, tornou-se membro dos grupos Frente e Neoconcreto. Recebeu o prêmio de melhor escultor da Associação Paulista de Críticos de Artes (anos 1970). Participou de Bienais na Bélgica, em Veneza e São Paulo. Realizou esculturas monumentais para espaços públicos de diversas capitais brasileiras. Uma marca de seu processo criativo era não desenhar a peça a ser construída, mas trabalhar diretamente no material, moldando à mão os pequenos modelos, para posteriormente ampliá-los numa metalúrgica. |
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(Austrian sculptor and painter, 1911-2005, active in Brazil) ..... [PESP Preferred]
(Austrian sculptor, 1911-2005) ..... [RKD]
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