Mario Zanini, or simply Zanini (September 10, 1907, in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

– August 16, 1971, in São Paulo), was a Brazilian

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and

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er. He was born in a humble family. As a teenager he studied in the '' Escola de Belas de São Paulo'', or "School of Arts of São Paulo". He ran for the major art prizes of the country. He travelled to

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in 1950 for studying he also was in the first three

São Paulo Art Biennial The São Paulo Art Biennial ( Portuguese: ''Bienal de São Paulo'') was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale (in existence since 1895), which serves as ...

s. He was part of the Grupo Santa Helena, that would be a nucleus for the '' Família Artística Paulista'', or "Artistic Family of São Paulo". What distinguishes him from the average integrants of the ''Grupo do Santa Helena'' and the ''Família Artística Paulista'' were his deep, intense colors, almost naive. He and

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 ...

were the great masters of color in the Brazilian painting history.

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' 1907 births 1971 deaths Brazilian modern artists Brazilian people of Italian descent Artists from São Paulo Designers from São Paulo 20th-century Brazilian painters 20th-century Brazilian male artists {{Brazil-painter-stub

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