Arthur Luiz Piza
Arthur Luiz Piza (born January 13, 1928 in São Paulo , Brazil , † May 26, 2017 in Paris ) was a Brazilian painter and graphic artist . He was one of the most important representatives of abstract painting and graphic art after the Second World War .
Life
Piza moved to Paris from Brazil in the 1950s. He studied drawing with Johnny Friedlaender and learned the traditional painting and graphic techniques. He developed his own technique based on the engraving of copper plates for which he used a special ink. His style is a mixture of drawing and engraving.
Arthur Luis Piza was in artistic contact with the Latin American artist scene of the geometric constructivists , which has one of its centers in Paris. However, his art is even more complex. His works can be seen in numerous museums and collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago , the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne ( Center Pompidou ) in Paris. In 1959 he participated in the São Paulo Biennale and the documenta II in Kassel . He also exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1966, won the Médaille d'or of the II Biennale de gravure in Florence in 1970 and the Prix de la gravure of the III. Cracow Biennale 1970. Other prizes and awards were the Prix de l'Association des Critiques d'Art de São Paulo in 1981, the Prix de la gravure of the Biennale of Puerto Rico in 1990 and the Grand Prix de la Critique in São Paulo in that year 1994.
In 2002, a major retrospective of his art was held in São Paolo, which was then shown in Paris.
literature
- Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
Web links
- Piza. In: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Examples of his work
- Materials by and about Arthur Luiz Piza in the documenta archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paulo A. Paranagua: Mort de l'artiste brésilien Arthur-Luiz Piza . In: Le Monde . June 12, 2017 (French, lemonde.fr [accessed December 30, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piza, Arthur Luiz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piza, Arthur-Luiz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2017 |
| Place of death | Paris |