Tarsila do Amaral
Brazil (1886—1973)After a brief marriage, Tarsila began exploring sculpture and met Anita Malfatti. She subsequently moved to Paris, returning to Brazil in 1922, where Malfatti introduced her to the modernist circle. Alongside Malfatti, Oswald de Andrade, Mário de Andrade and Menotti Del Picchia, she formed the Group of Five, before returning to Paris with Oswald and entering the circle of Léger and the wider Parisian avant-garde. In 1924 she travelled through Minas Gerais, an experience that informed her subsequent painting. The following years saw the creation of Abaporu, which she gave to Oswald in 1928, as well as Antropofagia, The Moon, The Lake and Setting Sun. In the early 1930s she embraced Communist ideology, producing works such as Workers and Second Class. She later distanced herself from political activity and began writing as a columnist for Diários Associados, while continuing to paint and exhibit in Brazil and internationally.
