Representative work by Tarsila do Amaral
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Tarsila do Amaral

1886–1973 · Brazilian

  • Académie Julian
  • Académie Moderne

Tarsila do Amaral became a defining figure of Brazilian modernism by combining lessons from Parisian Cubism with Brazilian landscape, popular culture and debates about national identity. Her 1928 painting Abaporu helped catalyze the Anthropophagic movement.

Painting; drawing

Major Works

  • Abaporu
  • A Negra
  • Antropofagia
  • Operários
  • São Paulo (Gazo)
  • E.F.C.B.
  • A Cuca
  • O Mamoeiro
  • Sol Poente
  • Urutu

Interviews & Writing

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