International contemporary art platform06.09.1897–26.10.1976
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976) was a Brazilian modernist painter, illustrator, caricaturist, journalist, and art critic born and deceased in Rio de Janeiro. He is regarded as one of the three major Brazilian artists of his time.
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Emiliano Di Cavalcanti was born on September 6, 1897, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a Brazilian modernist painter who also worked as an illustrator, caricaturist, journalist, and art critic. Di Cavalcanti is recognized as one of the three leading Brazilian artists alongside his contemporaries Candido Portinari and Lasar Segall. His artistic output and activities are closely linked to modernism and Brazilian culture. He died on October 26, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro.
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