Constância Nery (born 1936 in
Ipiguá
Ipiguá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 5,476 (2020 est.) in an area of 136 km². Ipiguá is located 20 km from São José do Rio Preto. The municipality belongs to the Microregion of São José do Rio ...
) is a Latin American
Naïve art
Naïve art is usually defined as visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). When this aesthetic is ...
painter. Nery is considered a revolutionary naïve art painter in the Latin American landscape which yielded a number of widely known artist in this space and one of the youngest selling naïve art painters today. Neri resides in
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...
, Brazil.
Prizes
*1984 Bronze Medal, International Center of Contemporary Art, Paris
*1985 Silver Medal, Winter Salon of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
*2002 Suisse Prize and Europe Prize of Primitive & Modern Painting, Gallery Pro Arte Kasper Morges, Switzerland
Public collections
*
Musée d'Art Naïf – Max Fourny
The Musée d'Art Naïf – Max Fourny (Museum of Naïve Art–Max Fourny), also known as the Musée d'Art Brut & Art Singulier (Museum of Primitive Art and Singular Art), is a museum of naive art located in the Halle Saint-Pierre at 2, rue Ronsard ...
, Paris
*MAN Naïve Art Museum, Beraut, France
*Fundacao Cultural Solar do rosario, Curitiba, Brazil
References
*"L'Arbre et les Naifs", Max Fourny, 1990, Paris "Naïve Art in Brazil", Jacques Ardies, 1998, São Paulo
*"Brasil-Visao Artistica", Brazil, 2001
*"Arte e Raizes", Brinquedos e Brincadeiras, 2001, São Paulo
External links
Constância Nery's paintings at GINA – International Gallery of Naiva Art
1936 births
Living people
20th-century Brazilian women artists
21st-century Brazilian women artists
21st-century Brazilian artists
Brazilian painters
Brazilian women painters
Artists from São Paulo (state)
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