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Alfredo Volpi
Brazilian painter (–)
Alfredo Volpi | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()April 14, Lucca, Italy |
| Died | April 28, () (aged92) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Movement | Modernism |
| Awards | São Paulo Art Biennial Best National Painter |
Alfredo Volpi (April 14, May 28, ), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilianmodernist movement.[1][2] He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil, became a Brazilian citizen, and lived there for the majority of his life.[3] He was one of the most important artists of the so-called Grupo Santa Helena, formed in the s with Francisco Rebolo, Clóvis Graciano, Mario Zanini, Fulvio Pennacchi, and others.[4]
Early period
Volpi was a self-taught painter, producing his first naturalist painting in at the age of twelve.[3][5] Although his first paintings could resemble, in