Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Tarsila do Amaral
(1886 - 1973)
 

Tarsila de Aguiar do Amara was a Brazilian painter, draftswoman, and translator. She is considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists, and is regarded as the painter who best achieved Brazilian aspirations for nationalistic expression in a modern style. As a member of the Grupo dos Cinco, Tarsila is also considered a major influence in the modern art movement in Brazil, alongside Anita Malfatti, Menotti Del Picchia, Mário de Andrade, and Oswald de Andrade. She was instrumental in the formation of the aesthetic movement, Antropofagia (1928–1929); in fact, Tarsila was the one with her celebrated painting, Abaporu, who inspired Oswald de Andrade's famous Manifesto Antropófago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsila_do_Amaral


Abaporu
1928
Oil on canvas
85 x 72.8 cm
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA)
https://coleccion.malba.org.ar/abaporu/


Abaporu (from Tupi language "abapor’u", abá (man) + poro (people) + ’u (to eat), lit. 'the man that eats people') is an oil painting on canvas by Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral. It was painted as a birthday gift to writer Oswald de Andrade, who was her husband at the time. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaporu

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