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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
12. CaiPira Picando Fumo (CaiPira Cutting Tobacco), 1893. Another of Almeida Jr.'s tan-skinned workers from the countryside, shown in a moment of rest. A nativist geme scene that, in the trajectory of Brazilian art history, seems ahead of its time. The audience for these paintings, seen in the context of government-sponsored exhibitions in Rio, would have likely viewed it as picturesque and nostalgic. The desire to "keep up" with French tastes would have given greater importance to the subject matter in urban anecdotes like The Importunate.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1997
Keywords
Brazil: Modern Brazilian Painting
