#progressive artists

[art-tropicalia]

“Cinco Moças de Guaratingeutá” [Five Girls from Guaratinguetá] by Emiliano di Cavalcanti (1930)

[art-tropicalia]

A Negra (1923)

The painting “A Negra” (1923) was part of the first solo exhibition by Tarsila do Amaral. Her work was called “exotic,” “original,” “cerebral,” and “naïve” by various critics.