Brasil! Brasil! Tarsila do Amaral
Included in the recent Brasil! Brasil! exhibition at the Royal Academy was Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (1886-1973), a Brazilian painter, draftswoman, and translator. She is celebrated for blending nationalistic expression with modern art. As part of the Grupo dos Cinco, Tarsila played a key role in Brazil’s modern art movement. Her famous painting, Abaporu, inspired Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto…












