Marcelo Grassmann
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Marcelo Grassmann - Brazilian engraver and draughtsman born in 1925.
Initially interested in sculpture, Grassmann became a wood engraver in the 1940s and in the 1950s became famous as a metal engraver and draughtsman.
He won several international first prizes, as in the I Salon of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (1953), the III Biennale of São Paulo (1955), the XXXI Biennale of Venice (1958)- prize for sacred art, III Biennale for Graphic Arts - Florence (1972).
Influenced by Austrian artist Alfred Kubin
and Brazilian engravers Oswaldo Goeldi
and Livio Abramo
, Grassmann soon developed his own style of dreamlike figures including knights, maidens, Death, horses, crabs and other fantastic creatures.
A highly cultured artist, he has a deep knowledge of the techniques of his trade, cleverly using all the resources available to traditional metal engraving and refusing to go into photographic and other "modern" techniques.
Grassmann has also produced a large number of drawings.
His works figure, among others, in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas and the Pinacoteca do Estado
in São Paulo.
Initially interested in sculpture, Grassmann became a wood engraver in the 1940s and in the 1950s became famous as a metal engraver and draughtsman.
He won several international first prizes, as in the I Salon of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (1953), the III Biennale of São Paulo (1955), the XXXI Biennale of Venice (1958)- prize for sacred art, III Biennale for Graphic Arts - Florence (1972).
Influenced by Austrian artist Alfred Kubin
Alfred Kubin
Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin was an Austrian printmaker, illustrator and occasional writer. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism.-Biography:...
and Brazilian engravers Oswaldo Goeldi
Oswaldo Goeldi
Oswaldo Goeldi was a Brazilian artist and renowned engraver, the son of Swiss naturalist Émil Goeldi....
and Livio Abramo
Livio Abramo
Livio Abramo was a Paraguayan sketcher, engraver, and aquarellist.Abramo was born on June 23, 1903, in Araraquara, Brazil, to Italian parents. He described his father as a liberal and his paternal grandfather as an anarchist...
, Grassmann soon developed his own style of dreamlike figures including knights, maidens, Death, horses, crabs and other fantastic creatures.
A highly cultured artist, he has a deep knowledge of the techniques of his trade, cleverly using all the resources available to traditional metal engraving and refusing to go into photographic and other "modern" techniques.
Grassmann has also produced a large number of drawings.
His works figure, among others, in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas and the Pinacoteca do Estado
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is one of the most important art museums in Brazil. It is housed in a 1900 building in Jardim da Luz, Downtown São Paulo, projected by Ramos de Azevedo and Domiziano Rossi to be the headquarters of the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts...
in São Paulo.