Manuel Joaquim Martins, usually known as Manuel Martins (October 24, 1911 – 1979) was a Brazilian

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ist that worked with

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and

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. Martins was born and died in

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. The son of Portuguese immigrants, he grew up in the

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. In 1924, he started to work in embroidery. Started in 1931 artistic studies with the sculptor Vicente Larocca. Then he watched classes in '' Escola de Belas Artes de São Paulo''. He joined the Santa Helena Group in 1935. The group included

Alfredo Volpi Alfredo Volpi (April 14, 1896 – May 28, 1988), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazi ...

Francisco Rebolo Francisco Rebolo Gonsales, widely known as Francisco Rebolo or just Rebolo (August 22, 1902 – July 10, 1980), was a Brazilian painter and footballer. He was a son of Spanish immigrants that arrived into Brazil at the end of the 19th century. ...

and Fulvio Pennacchi, among others. He shared

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with Mario Zanini. In 1937 he showed his works of the '' Família Artística Paulista'', also known as FAP. During the 60s, he started engraving metal. Parallel to his painting he worked as a book illustrator, as well as a magazine illustrator, working for "O cortiço" and "Bahia de Todos os Santos". His works convey themes of social concern, including social classes and working life. He classically painted São Paulo landscaped which were treated by the media as examples of "life-reporting".

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' 1911 births 1979 deaths Brazilian modern artists Brazilian people of Portuguese descent 20th-century Brazilian painters 20th-century Brazilian male artists Brazilian embroiderers {{Brazil-painter-stub