Manuel Martins (visual artist)

Manuel Martins (visual artist)

Manuel Joaquim Martins, usually known as Manuel Martins (São Paulo October 24, 1911 — São Paulo, 1979) was a Brazilian artist that worked with painting, illustration, drawing, engraving, sculpture and embroidery

Son of Portuguese immigrants, he grew up in Brás, an industrial district of São Paulo. In 1924, he started to work in embroidery. Started in 1931 artistic studies with the sculptor Vicente Larocca. Then he watched classes in Escola de Belas Artes de São Paulo. He joined the Santa Helena Group in 1935. The group included Alfredo Volpi, Francisco Rebolo and Fulvio Pennacchi, among others. He shared atelier with Mario Zanini. In 1937 he showed his works of the Família Artística Paulista, also known as FAP.


See also

  • List of Brazilian painters

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