Di Cavalcanti (painter)

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Di Cavalcanti was a prominent Brazilian modernist painter known for his vibrant depictions of urban life, samba, and popular culture in early 20th-century Brazil.

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Di Cavalcanti (painter) canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
modernist artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Di Cavalcanti ⓘ
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti ⓘ
artisticTheme Afro-Brazilian culture ⓘ
carnival ⓘ
music and dance ⓘ
urban nightlife ⓘ
working-class people ⓘ
artStyle modernist painting ⓘ
birthCountry Brazil ⓘ
birthDate 1897-09-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Brazil ⓘ
deathCountry Brazil ⓘ
deathDate 1976-10-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
educatedIn law (incomplete studies) ⓘ
fieldOfWork drawing ⓘ
illustration ⓘ
painting ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
influenced Brazilian modernist painters ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism

Expressionism ⓘ
French art ⓘ
languageOfWork visual art ⓘ
movement Brazilian Modernism ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian modernism

Modernism ⓘ
name Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque e Melo ⓘ
nationality Brazilian ⓘ
notableFor depictions of Brazilian urban life ⓘ
paintings of samba scenes ⓘ
portraits of mulatas ⓘ
representations of Brazilian popular culture ⓘ
occupation cartoonist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
participatedIn Semana de Arte Moderna ⓘ
linked to: Week of Modern Art
politicalActivity engaged in cultural politics in Brazil ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
roleInEvent organizer of Semana de Arte Moderna ⓘ
usedMedium drawing on paper ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
workLocation Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
São Paulo ⓘ

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Escola Nacional de Belas Artes → hasNotableAlumni → Di Cavalcanti ⓘ
linked to: Di Cavalcanti (painter)
Escola Nacional de Belas Artes → hasNotableAlumni → Di Cavalcanti (painter) ⓘ