Alberto da Veiga Guignard also known as Alberto Guignard or Guignard (25 February 1896 — 25 June 1962) was a Brazilian painter who became renowned for his depictions of the landscapes of

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. Guignard was born in

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in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He was born with a

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. Guignard's father died when he was a child. His mother remarried and moved with Alberto to

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to be with her new husband Louis von Schilgen, a baron. In Europe, Guignard began studying painting at the age of 11 and continued his studies for the next 22 years. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied with Herman Groeber and Adolf Engeler and visited

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. After he returned to Brazil in 1929, he became an examplar of Brazilian Modernist painting alongside

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and Cícero Dias. In 1931 he took part in the group exhibition (Revolutionary Salon) at the

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, the first of its annual exhibitions to host modernists. He became a mentor to painters such as

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, Vera Mindlin and Alcides da Rocha Miranda. In 1944, Guignard was invited by

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, then mayor of

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, to establish a program for drawing and painting at the newly created Instituto de Belas Artes (now the

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). He lived in Belo Horizonte until his death in 1962. Guignard had several exhibitions in Brazil. In 1953, he was honored with a

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in the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and, in 1992, at the

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. His body was entombed in the Church of São Francisco de Assis in

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Record sale

In August 2015, his painting '' Vaso de Flores'' was sold for R$5.7 million, becoming the most expensive work of art by a Brazilian artist ever auctioned.

References

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External links

Visita virtual imersiva ao Museu Casa Guignard, em Ouro Preto, MG

Guignard em Ponto "D" Vista

Projeto Guignard

Guignard, Filho de Nova Friburgo
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