What inspired Tarsila do Amaral?
Upon returning to Brazil in the mid 1920s, do Amaral began to experiment with a form of lush nature painting. She took fresh inspiration from
the colors of the Brazilian landscape, previously considered to be in bad taste, enthusiastically incorporating Brazilian themes. ... Tarsila do Amaral, Abaporu (1928).
Where is Tarsila do Amaral from?
Capivari, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral/Place of birth
Where is Abaporu?
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires
It is currently displayed at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA)
in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
| Abaporu |
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| Year | 1928 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 85 cm × 73 cm (33 in × 29 in) |
| Location | Private collection of Eduardo Costantini |
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What year did tarsila go to Paris?
In
December 1922 Tarsila returned to Paris, where she studied with the Cubist André Lhote and briefly with Fernand Léger (whose work would prove influential to the development of her own), as well as with Albert Gleizes. She was accompanied on this trip by poet Oswald de Andrade, whom she would eventually marry.