Solange Magalhaes
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Solange Magalhães is a painter.
Solange Magalhães was born in France
in 1939. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
, when she was 13 years old. In 1963, after three years of studying theoretical physics, she chose to be a painter
.
As a painter, she is an autodidact. She started with a series of drawings, learning how to control space, shapes and colors. She also experimented with various painting techniques - oil, acrylic, water color, India ink - on different materials such as canvas, paper and masonite.
“Her painting has no commitment to any school” (Clarice Lispector), “A pure manifestation of subconscious images” (Vera Pedrosa). "With time those images went through abstraction, then forms which recall nature - plants, animals, sceneries" (Clarival do Prado Valladares), and recreated mental landscapes. A personal path; for some authors: “From chaos to Cosmos.
Her first solo exhibition took place in 1968 at the Galeria Goeldi in Rio, invited by the art-critic Clarival do Prado Valladares and introduced by writer Clarice Lispector.
Since that time her work has been shown in numerous solo and group shows in the major Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife and São Paulo, as well as in Germany and France.
Of particular note were the 1980 exhibition at the Studien Galerie at Stuttgart University in Germany, invited by its director, professor Max Bense, and two exhibitions in Rio: "Solange Magalhães, 30 Years of Painting, a Circular Vision of the World " at the Fine Arts Museum in Rio de Janeiro (1995); and "From Chaos to Cosmos " at the Espaço Cultural Correios (2007)
Solange Magalhães was born in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1939. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
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, when she was 13 years old. In 1963, after three years of studying theoretical physics, she chose to be a painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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As a painter, she is an autodidact. She started with a series of drawings, learning how to control space, shapes and colors. She also experimented with various painting techniques - oil, acrylic, water color, India ink - on different materials such as canvas, paper and masonite.
“Her painting has no commitment to any school” (Clarice Lispector), “A pure manifestation of subconscious images” (Vera Pedrosa). "With time those images went through abstraction, then forms which recall nature - plants, animals, sceneries" (Clarival do Prado Valladares), and recreated mental landscapes. A personal path; for some authors: “From chaos to Cosmos.
Her first solo exhibition took place in 1968 at the Galeria Goeldi in Rio, invited by the art-critic Clarival do Prado Valladares and introduced by writer Clarice Lispector.
Since that time her work has been shown in numerous solo and group shows in the major Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife and São Paulo, as well as in Germany and France.
Of particular note were the 1980 exhibition at the Studien Galerie at Stuttgart University in Germany, invited by its director, professor Max Bense, and two exhibitions in Rio: "Solange Magalhães, 30 Years of Painting, a Circular Vision of the World " at the Fine Arts Museum in Rio de Janeiro (1995); and "From Chaos to Cosmos " at the Espaço Cultural Correios (2007)