Tarsila do Amaral, (b. September 1, 1886 in Fazenda São Bernardo . Capivari, São Paulo,- d. São Paulo on January 17, 1973).

She was a modernist artist in Brazil, and did not participate on Semana de 22 . Tarsila do Amaral was a member of the Grupo dos Cinco (Group of Five) which included Anita Malfatti (1889?1964), Menotti del Picchia (1892?1988), Mário de Andrade (1893?1945), and Oswald de Andrade (1890?1954).

Timeline

• 1886 born in Capivari, daughter of Jose Estanislau do Amaral and Lydia Dias de Aguiar do Amaral
• 1906 - married Andres Teixeira Pinto
• 1926 - went to an exposition in Paris
• January 11, 1928 - Painted a picture named Abaporu (an aboriginal word that means man who eats) as an anniversary for Oswald de Andrade
• 1933 - Painted a picture named Operários .
• 1934 - Participated in I Salão Paulista de Belas Artes
• January 17, 1973, died in the city of São Paulo.

External link

• Official website (in Portuguese)