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Anita Malfatti

1889 - 1964

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Anita Catarina Malfatti (December 2, 1889 – November 6, 1964) is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European and American forms of Modernism to Brazil. Her solo exhibition in São Paulo, in 1917–1918, was controversial at the time, and her expressionist style and subject were revolutionary for the complacently old-fashioned art expectations of Brazilians who were searching for a national identity in art, but who were not prepared for the influences Malfatti would bring to the country. Malfatti's presence was also highly felt during the Week of Modern Art (Semana de Arte Moderna) in 1922, where she and the Group of Five made huge revolutionary changes in the structure and response to modern art in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Malfatti is the 1,624th most popular painter (down from 1,562nd in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Anita Malfatti ranks 1,624 out of 2,023Before her are Utagawa Toyokuni, Gustaf Lundberg, Thomas Bewick, Oleksandr Murashko, Frank Frazetta, and Fyodor Bruni. After her are Szymon Czechowicz, Duncan Grant, Lajos Tihanyi, Daniel Seghers, Domenico Morelli, and Aristides of Thebes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Anita Malfatti ranks 204Before her are Kōichi Kido, János Garay, Pearl White, Richard O'Connor, Albert Hill, and Clifton Webb. After her are G. D. H. Cole, Erwin Stresemann, Vladimir Sokoloff, Ostap Vyshnya, James L. Peters, and Tryggvi Þórhallsson. Among people deceased in 1964, Anita Malfatti ranks 129Before her are Adolf Šimperský, Vasily Agapkin, Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, Maurice Farman, and Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. After her are Adolfo Díaz, Felisberto Hernández, Reg Parnell, Brendan Behan, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, and Theodore Freeman.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Anita Malfatti ranks 466 out of 2,236Before her are Jorginho Putinatti (1959), Alemão (1961), Pita (1958), Sonny Anderson (1970), Grafite (1979), and Clodovil Hernandes (1937). After her are Edu Marangon (1963), Paulo Sérgio (1969), Joel Antônio Martins (1931), Roque Júnior (1976), Juvenal Amarijo (1923), and Marinho Peres (1947).

Among PAINTERS In Brazil

Among painters born in Brazil, Anita Malfatti ranks 6Before her are Tarsila do Amaral (1886), Pedro Américo (1843), José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850), Candido Portinari (1903), and Lygia Clark (1920). After her are Victor Meirelles (1832), Carlos Latuff (1968), Antônio Parreiras (1860), and Georgina de Albuquerque (1885).