The notebooks of Anita Malfatti at IEB

Authors

  • Roberta Valin Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Ufam , Manaus, AM, Brasil)
  • Carlos Pires Universidade de São Paulo (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i71p325-337

Keywords:

artist’s notebook, Brazilian art, Brazilian Modernism, Anita Malfatti

Abstract

This article aims to present an investigation of Anita Malfatti’s archive, located at the Institute of Brazilian Studies of the University of São Paulo, focusing on sketchbooks and notebooks that the artist maintained throughout her life. Those notebooks and sketchbooks, which were created for different purposes and in different contexts, reveal both Anita’s trajectory and her role in the artistic field of São Paulo. Moreover, they are important materials for understanding how that artistic field was established throughout the first half of the
20th century.

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Author Biographies

  • Roberta Valin, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Ufam , Manaus, AM, Brasil)

    Mestre pelo Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros da Universidade de São Paulo (IEB/USP) e docente da Faculdade de Artes da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Faartes/UFAM).

  • Carlos Pires, Universidade de São Paulo (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil)

    Pós-doutorando no IEB/USP, professor do Instituto Superior de Ensino Vera Cruz, pesquisador no Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB/ USP) e autor dos livros Apuros modernos: o jovem João Cabral de Melo Neto (2016) e Frio tropical: tropicalismo e canção popular (2017).

Published

2018-12-14

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Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Valin, R., & Pires, C. (2018). The notebooks of Anita Malfatti at IEB. Revista Do Instituto De Estudos Brasileiros, 71, 325-337. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i71p325-337