{"title":"Escultores","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"desenho-antigo-alfredo-ceschiatti","title":"Drawing by Alfredo Ceschiatti","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis item is no longer available. However, we may be able to put you in touch with its owner – who knows, they might accept your offer? – or, alternatively, suggest other pieces of similar interest, without any obligation. Contact us via WhatsApp: +55 31 98221-5758 or email: contato@glorias.com.br\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnthusiastic drawing by the controversial Minas Gerais sculptor Alfredo Ceschiatti, a constant partner of Oscar Niemeyer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrawing with a dedication from the sculptor Alfredo Ceschiatti.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eFor D. Maria José or Zezé, as she was known.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eDate and location unknown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e26 cm x 21 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eExcellent state\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e of conservation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eUnique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfredo Ceschiatti (1918 - 1989) was a sculptor from Minas Gerais, of international fame. He primarily explored the female figure, represented with pure and rounded forms. His first trip to Italy in 1938 was decisive in the admiration he felt for the works of Renaissance masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor me, Italy was a shock. (...) Ultimately, Michelangelo taught me my whole life; he was my great emotion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis influence also explains the almost always monumental character of his works. Each sculpture took him two to three months, from the first study to the casting, done by specialized assistants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI think a lot about where it will be placed; that's my starting point, and I prefer large outdoor pieces, where there's more possibility to explore planes, shadows, lights. I'd like to make even larger sculptures, like Christ the Redeemer, which I think is a beautiful work. I don't think sculpture should be a small decorative object. It needs to have a more monumental sense.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, in 1943, Alfredo Ceschiatti began his collaboration on Oscar Niemeyer's revolutionary projects, for which the mayor of Belo Horizonte, Juscelino Kubitschek, commissioned the Pampulha Lagoon complex. This was the beginning of the trajectory that would make the architect an internationally renowned professional. Ceschiatti undertook the bas-relief of the Pampulha Church, which won an award, taking the power of the Sistine Chapel as an inspiring source. He also sculpted \"O Abraço\" (The Embrace), a work depicting two embracing women, considered immoral by the traditional Minas Gerais family of the time: it was kept for many years until it was finally exhibited in a garden in Pampulha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1960, he completed The Three Armed Forces, the theme of the Monument to the Dead of World War II, in Rio de Janeiro, certainly becoming one of his most well-known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe partnership with Oscar Niemeyer reached its peak with the creation of Brasília, where the sculptor's work accompanied the architect's: \"Banhistas\" (Bathers) at Palácio da Alvorada, \"Justiça\" (Justice) at the Supreme Federal Court, \"Duas Irmãs\" (Two Sisters) at Itamarati, or \"Evangelistas e Anjos\" (Evangelists and Angels) at the Brasília Cathedral were works by Alfredo Ceschiatti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNiemeyer said of him: \u003cem\u003e“Like two good friends, we go through life. I, absorbed by architecture, inventing forms, playing with reinforced concrete; he, making his sculptures. These beautiful, baroque women, full of curves. How I love to see them.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"D. Maria José or Zezé, as she was known, w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eas an Art educator, a pioneering professor at UNB, stepping away in the 70s, in solidarity with colleagues persecuted by the dictatorship. She founded the Escola Classe da 104 Sul and was a great friend of the artist, among others like Oscar Niemeyer and Athos Bulcão,\"\u003c\/em\u003e wrote a visitor to the Glórias collection, Claudio Pereira, whom we thank for this information.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDocuments by the sculptor are mainly preserved by his family and public institutions; this enthusiastic drawing is a rarity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Com certificado de autenticidade e garantia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":149676032020,"sku":"143LEI15","price":0.0,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1945\/8243\/products\/desenho-alfredo-ceschiatti.jpg?v=1682366130"},{"product_id":"carta-manuscrita-de-jacques-lipchitz-1960","title":"Jacques Lipchitz handwritten letter (1960)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eThis item is no longer available. However, we may be able to put you in touch with its owner — who knows, they might accept your offer? — or, alternatively, suggest other items of similar interest, without any obligation. Please contact us via WhatsApp: +55 31 98221-5758 or email: contato@glorias.com.br\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTypical handwriting of the pioneer of Cubist sculpture, Jacques Lipchitz, writing to a lucky art student.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetter written and signed by Chaim Jacob Jacques\" Lipchitz to Lynn Stragger, an art student from Philadelphia, USA.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with the original envelope.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn English.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 cm x 21.5 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York, March 8, 1960.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood condition\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sculptor Jacob Lipchitz (1891 - 1973), better known as Jacques Lipchitz, was a French-American artist, a pioneer of Cubist sculpture. At a very young age, he lived in Paris where he met other young artists such as Matisse or Modigliani. In 1913, the Mexican painter Diego Rivera introduced him to Pablo Picasso, a meeting that decisively influenced Lipchitz: fascinated by Picasso's style, he began to dedicate himself to Cubist sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, being Jewish, he had to flee France, occupied by the Nazis. In 1941, he settled in New York where he produced and exhibited many of his important works. He achieved international recognition in 1954 with a major exhibition at MoMA in New York, an exhibition mentioned in this letter. In the 1960s, he returned to Europe and ended his life in Italy, where he died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz in Brazil, called \"Man with Eagle,\" installed in the Ministry of Education and Health building in Rio de Janeiro. In 1936, the architect Le Corbusier led the team responsible for designing the building and suggested commissioning a piece from the sculptor. Lipchitz sent a scaled-down prototype to Rio, which was mistakenly applied to the building's facade. In 1953, the sculpture was made in the correct dimensions for the Philadelphia Museum, in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is striking about this letter, in addition to the presence of the envelope and the excellent state of preservation of the set, is the sculptor's incredible handwriting.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Com certificado de autenticidade e garantia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":166749601812,"sku":"69EBA7","price":0.0,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1945\/8243\/products\/carta-manuscrita-jacques-lipchitz-1.jpg?v=1682365819"},{"product_id":"desenho-de-paul-landowski-1944","title":"Drawing by Paul Landowski (1944)","description":"\u003ch2\u003e \u003cb\u003eChrist the Redeemer sculptor Paul Landowski draws an angel, one of his main inspirations for the icon of Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDrawing by Paul Landowski.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e On the 2nd page of the book “Peut-on enseigner les Beaux-Arts?” by Landowski himself (author and owner).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e 14 cm x 19.3 cm x 2 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Paris, +\/- 1944.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Excellent condition\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e of conservation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Unique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePaul Landowski (1875-1961) was a French sculptor known for his large monumental works. He was born in Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and worked in a studio with the renowned sculptor, Auguste Rodin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Throughout his career, Landowski produced a series of monumental sculptures that adorn public squares, buildings and museums around the world. One of his most famous works is the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, created in collaboration with engineer Heitor da Silva Costa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The statue was commissioned in 1921 by a group of Brazilian religious leaders who wanted to build a grand religious monument atop Corcovado Mountain, one of the city's most iconic landmarks. Paul Landowski's inspiration for creating the Christ the Redeemer statue was a combination of religious and cultural factors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLandowski was a devout Catholic, and his faith had a significant impact on his work. He believed that art was a way to express divine beauty and inspire people to seek transcendence. His work reflects religious themes, such as the figure of Christ, saints, and angels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He was particularly fascinated by angels. To him, angels were symbols of hope, peace, and divine protection. He saw them as powerful and benevolent figures, capable of guiding and inspiring us in our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe book itself is a rarity. There are only 200 copies, and this is number 3, Landowski's own copy with some of his own notes. \"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIs it possible to teach the fine arts?\" This is one of the questions the artist poses in the two hundred and fifty page book, the result of many years of reflection. How can we teach them? The question is not new. It has been debated since the 18th century. Theories clash, contradicting each other. One cannot expect unanimity on this question, to which Landowski does not offer a completely new solution. He tries to improve on the solutions already acquired and defend the institutions that he believes to be good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe drawing, which is on the second page, touches the soul. I have never seen anything like it and it immediately made me think of Rio de Janeiro, the Marvelous City. It was like getting a sketch of a woman by Picasso or a sketch of a bird by Santos Dumont. 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