Oswaldo Goeldi (1895-1961, both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian artist and renowned engraver, the son of Swiss naturalist Émil Goeldi. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Émil August Goeldi (var Göldi, var Emílio Augusto Goeldi) ( August 28, 1859 &ndash July 5, 1917 in Bern
Goeldi was born in Rio de Janeiro, but lived until he was 6 years old in Belém, in the state Pará, following his father, who had accepted the post of director of the Museu de História Natural e Etnografia do Pará (presently the Emílio Goeldi Museum). Belém is city of Amazonia, in the northern part of Brazil. It is the capital of the state of Pará. Pará (pa'ɾa is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country In 1910 his family returned to Switzerland and he started his studies in Bern, and later in Zurich. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the After serving for a brief period in the army during the First World War, Goeldi moved to Geneva, where he was accepted at the École des Arts et Métiers. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking The École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers or ENSAM is a French Engineering institute and Grand établissement and a prominent member Frustrated with the academic environment, however, he abandoned the school after his father’s death in 1917 and began studying with artists Serge Pahnke (1875-1950) and Henri van Muyden (1860-s. d. ), and later with Hermann Kümmerly, with whom he learned lithography. Lithography is a method for Printing using a plate or stone with a completely smooth surface
In 1919 Goeldi returned to Rio de Janeiro and began a career of engraver and illustrator for popular magazines. Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. He became attached to a group of vanguardist artists and intellectuals, such as Beatrix Reynal, Aníbal Machado (1894-1964), Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900-1978), Manuel Bandeira (1884-1968), Álvaro Moreyra (1888-1964), Ronald de Carvalho (1893-1935), Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976) and Rachel de Queiroz (1910-2003). Otto Maria Carpeaux ( March 9, 1900 - February 3, 1978) born Otto Karpfen, was an Austro-Brazilian Literary critic and Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968 was a Brazilian Poet. Bandeira wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose Ronald de Carvalho ( May 16, 1893 - February 15, 1935) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat from Rio de Janeiro. Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Melo ( September 6, 1897 – October 26, 1976) known as Di Cavalcanti, was a Brazilian Rachel de Queiroz ( November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian Author and Journalist. During this period, he worked intensely as an artist and did his first individual exposition, which was, however, poorly received by the art critics. Wounded by the criticisms, Goeldi withdrew from the artistic scene and isolated himself in the city of Niterói. Niterói is a city and a município (county in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. Solitary, he supported himself more and more as a well known illustrator for book editions and magazines, working mainly with xylogravures. He also became estranged from his family in 1922, refusing their appeal to return to Europe. He took part in the Week of Modern Art in São Paulo that year. The Week of Modern Art ( Semana de Arte Moderna) was an arts festival in São Paulo, Brazil, from February 11 to February 18, São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world His first album, “10 Gravuras em Madeira” was edited in 1930, allowing Goeldi to save enough money to return to Europe en 1931. He exposed in Bern and Berlin, and visited again his great inspirators, Alfred Kubin and Hermann Kümmerli. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin ( April 10, 1877 &ndash August 20, 1959) was an Austrian Expressionist, Illustrator
In the following decades, after returning to Brazil, Goeldi’s artistic prestige was strengthened, and he was accepted at the 25th Venice Bienal in 1950. He became nationally and internationally known and got his first prize, in the First International Art Bienal of São Paulo, in 1951. São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world From 1952 until his death, Goeldi became a respected and influential art teacher in the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts is one of the centers of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and dates back to colonial times
He died on February 15, 1961, alone in his small apartment in Rio. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Goeldi's work has been exposed post-humously in more than a hundred expositions in Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Each trace is a piece of nerve with the vehemence of a barbarian heart ("Cada traço é um pedaço de nervo com a veemência de um coração bárbaro") - about his own work.
External links
- Official site. Associação Artística Cultural Oswaldo Goeldi (In Portuguese).
- Oswaldo Goeldi (1895-1961). Enciclopédia das Artes Visuais (In Portuguese).
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