Alfredo Volpi
Bio
Alfredo Volpi (April 14, 1896 – May 28, 1988), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil. Volpi was a self-taught painter, producing his first naturalist painting in 1914 at the age of twelve. He was one of the most important artists of the so-called Grupo Santa Helena, formed in the 1930s.
Statement
Volpi started painting façades of houses in a highly stylized and colorful manner and this recurrent theme became pervasive through the 1950s. The 60s witnessed the development of his trademark "small flags" for which Volpi became famous and which originated from Brazilian folklore: the artist would use the small-flag pattern to show an increasing sense of color combination and balanced composition which would eventually place him among the major Brazilian artists of his time.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
