Explore Tarsila's work from the 1920s, when she navigated the art worlds of both São Paulo and Paris, and her critical role in the emergence of modernism in Brazil.
Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil
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Tarsila do Amaral. A Cuca. 1924
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![Tarsila do Amaral. Estudo (Academia no. 2) (Study [Academy no. 2]), 1923. Oil on canvas, 24 x19 11/16 in.(61 x 50 cm). Private collection, Brasília.](/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTgvMDIvMDEvMTEybHEwZmMzaF9TdHVkeV9BY2FkZW15X05vLl8yXzE5MjMuanBnIl0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDkwIC1yZXNpemUgMjU2eDI1Nlx1MDAzZSJdXQ/Study%20Academy%20No.%202,%201923.jpg?sha=86ddec87540ec9e9)
Tarsila do Amaral. Study (Academy No. 2). 1923
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Tarsila do Amaral. A Negra. 1923
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Tarsila do Amaral. Carnival in Madureira. 1924
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Tarsila do Amaral. Abaporu. 1928
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Tarsila do Amaral. Anthropophagy. 1929
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Tarsila do Amaral. Postcard. 1929
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Tarsila do Amaral. O sono (Sleep). c. 1928
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Tarsila do Amaral. City (The Street). 1929
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![Tarsila do Amaral. Composição (Figura só) (Composition [Lonely Figure]), 1930. Oil on canvas, 32 11/16 x 50 13/16 in. (83 x 129 cm). São Fernando Institute Collection, Rio de Janeiro.](/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTgvMDIvMDEvN2hoaGZnd3gydV9Db21wb3NpdGlvbl9Mb25lbHlfRmlndXJlX0NvbXBvc2ljX2Ffb19GaWd1cmFfc29fLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MCAtcmVzaXplIDI1NngyNTZcdTAwM2UiXV0/Composition%20%28Lonely%20Figure%29%20%28Composic%CC%A7a%CC%83o%20%28Figura%20so%CC%81%29.jpg?sha=5c5ec2cf547370ff)
Tarsila do Amaral. Composition (Lonely Figure). 1930
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Tarsila do Amaral. Operários (Workers). 1933