Artist: Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti De Albuquerque Melo
Date: 1930
Technique: Graphite
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti’s art portrays Brazilian life on the outskirts of his native Rio de Janeiro. He painted common folk, the inhabitants of the hills, along with their customs and trades and, in particular, their music: samba, a genre with African roots and one of the primary expressions of Brazilian culture. More than any other artist, Di Cavalcanti was able to capture the lyricism, sensuality, and romanticism of Rio’s people in his poetic scenes of daily life. In the nineteen-twenties, he became friends with São Paulo-based intellectuals like Mário de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade, and Guilherme de Almeida. He was even one of the organizers of the Modern Art Week in that city in 1922, designing a catalogue and poster for the event that included work of his authorship. An illustration characteristic of his art was featured in the third issue from the second period of the celebrated Revista de Antopofagia.
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