Plastic Arts

During centuries the Brazilian artist followed the formal rules of creation in  plastic arts. The painting exalted the woman and the aristocratic classes. The sculpture immortalized illustrious men, with busts and monuments in public squares. The "art noveau" was cultivated in the living rooms of the small palaces.

The Week of Modern Art organized in 1922, in the city of São Paulo, shook the dust of aesthetic traditionalism in all areas of the country's artistic-cultural manifestation. In plastic arts, Tarsila do Amaral and Anita Malfatti produced the most representative paintings of this formal creation brake. Tarsila is author of the famous painting "Abaporu", sold abroad in 1996 for US$ 1,3 million.

In the decade of 40, busynessman supported the creation of the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Art at São Paulo (Masp), that promotes since 1951 the international Biennial. The Brazilian talent is consecrated abroad with the work of artists like Manabu Mabe, Fayga Ostrower, Caribé, Aldemir Martins, Alfredo Volpi, Marcelo Grassmann, Bruno Giorgi, Lígia Clarck, Hélio Oiticica, Alberto da Veiga Guignard, Antônio Bandeira, and so many others.

In the sixties, the construction of the country's new capital, Brasília, reveals Oscar Niemeyer, the brazilian architecture most famous name. The colors and the brazilian habits appear from Cândido Portinari's brushes and Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, among others. Today Brazil has it's own interpreters in  plastic arts.