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Cicero Dias BIOGRAPHY
1908 Escada, Brazil - 2003 Paris, France. Known for: Painting.
Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism... Read full biography
Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism but, as we can see in this drawing, it is close to a lyrical and celebratory oneirism, unlike the... Read full biography
Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism but, as we can see in this drawing, it is close to a lyrical and celebratory oneirism, unlike the Freudian oneirism that predominated in Europe. A Brazilian modernist painter, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1927 he held his first major solo exhibition in Rio and left the... Read full biography
Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism but, as we can see in this drawing, it is close to a lyrical and celebratory oneirism, unlike the Freudian oneirism that predominated in Europe. A Brazilian modernist painter, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1927 he held his first major solo exhibition in Rio and left the School of Fine Arts to devote himself exclusively to painting. At the age of 19, his work impressed many modernist painters and other intellectuals such as Graça Aranha and Murilo Mendes. In 1931 he presented his first major work, "Eu vi o mundo,... Read full biography
Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism but, as we can see in this drawing, it is close to a lyrical and celebratory oneirism, unlike the Freudian oneirism that predominated in Europe. A Brazilian modernist painter, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1927 he held his first major solo exhibition in Rio and left the School of Fine Arts to devote himself exclusively to painting. At the age of 19, his work impressed many modernist painters and other intellectuals such as Graça Aranha and Murilo Mendes. In 1931 he presented his first major work, "Eu vi o mundo, ele começava no Recife", which was considered the Guernica of Brazil and which he presented at the National Art S... Read full biography
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Cícero Diaz's pictorial work could be inscribed in magical realism, a movement that impregnated the plastic arts and literature of several Latin American countries. It is a style close to surrealism but, as we can see in this drawing, it is close to a lyrical and celebratory oneirism, unlike the Freudian oneirism that predominated in Europe.
A Brazilian modernist painter, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1927 he held his first major solo exhibition in Rio and left the School of Fine Arts to devote himself exclusively to painting. At the age of 19, his work impressed many modernist painters and other intellectuals such as Graça Aranha and Murilo Mendes.
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