Heleno de Freitas 12 February 1920 – 8 November 1959 was a Brazilian footballer, who played as a forward. Contents 1Early life 2Club career 3International career 4Style of play 5Legacy 6Personal life and death 7Honours 7.1Club 7.2International 7.3Individual 8References 9External links 10Bibliography Early life De Freitas was born into a rich Brazilian family in São
Antônio de Oliveira Filho born 5 October 1960, better known as Careca (Portuguese pronunciation: ), is a Brazilian former footballer, who was deployed as a forward. During his career, Careca played for several clubs, most notably with Italian side Napoli. He also represented the Brazil national football team on over 60 occasions. Contents 1Club career 1.1Move to Napoli 1.2Later stages of
Lasar Segall July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957 was a Lithuanian Jewish and Brazilian painter, engraver and sculptor. Segall’s work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 2.1Expressionist Forum 2.2Beginnings in Brazil: Modernist trends 2.3Sociedade Pro-Arte Moderna (SPAM) 2.4Controversy in Europe 2.5Later years 3Subject matter
Lygia Pape 7 April 1927 – 3 May 2004 was a prominent Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, engraver, and filmmaker, who was a key figure in the Concrete movement and a later co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s. Along with Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, she was a formative artist in the expansion of contemporary art in Brazil and pushed geometric
Hélio Oiticica July 26, 1937 – March 22, 1980 was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement, for his innovative use of color, and for what he later termed “environmental art”, which included Parangolés and Penetrables, like the famous Tropicália. Oiticica was also a filmmaker and writer. Contents 1Early life
Anita Catarina Malfatti December 2, 1889 – November 6, 1964 is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European and American forms of Modernism to Brazil. Her solo exhibition in Sao Paulo, from 1917–1918, was controversial at the time, and her expressionist style and subject were revolutionary for the complacently old-fashioned art expectations of Brazilians who were searching
Mauricio Araújo de Sousa born October 27, 1935 is a Brazilian cartoonist who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children’s comic books. At 17 years of age, he worked for a daily newspaper called Folha da Manhã as a crime reporter. In 1959, Sousa quit that job and began his comic book career, and
Artur Barrio Artur Alipio Barrio de Sousa Lopes is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much of his work consists of installation pieces that create interaction with the public. Barrio engages the viewer as participant in his art, often without their knowledge that it is art in which they are participating.
Antônio Francisco Lisboa b. 1730 or 1738 – November 18, 1814, more commonly known as Aleijadinho, was a sculptor and architect of Colonial Brazil, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil. His works are considered some of the best examples of Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil. Contents 1Biography 2Sanctuary of Congonhas 3Controversy 4References 5Sources 6External links Biography Church of the
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel born 27 March 1963 is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide. She is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album, and is also known for her epithet, the “Queen of Children”. Xuxa