Giselda Leirner

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Giselda Leirner (* 1928 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian draftsman , painter and writer .

Life

Leirner was born as the daughter of the sculptor Felícia Leirner (1906–1996) and the industrialist, patron and art collector Isai Leirner (1903–1962) in São Paulo, her younger brother was the painter Nelson Leirner (1932–2020), with whom she also exhibited together. In São Paulo she was a student of the painter Yolanda Mohalyi from 1942 to 1945 . From 1946 to 1948 she attended workshops and courses in the Art Students League of New York . From 1964 to 1965 she studied graphics at the Parsons School of Design in New York City . In Paris , she attended Pierre Francastel's sociology course in 1968 and obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Universidade de São Paulo and a master's degree in religious studies .

In 1953 and 1955 she took part in the São Paulo Biennale . She exhibited her works in solo and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad, as well as in the collections of the Art Museum of São Paulo, the Museum of Jerusalem, the Art Museum of São Paulo, the Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro, the Art Museum of São Paulo, the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, the Embassy of São Paulo Brazil in Washington. She was married to the engineer and architect Italo Eugenio Mauro, her daughter Sheila Leirner (* 1948) is a journalist, writer, curator and art critic. She wrote four books that were published in both French and Portuguese.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1958: Galeria Ambiente, São Paulo
  • 1959: Galeria de Arte das Folhas, São Paulo
  • 1960: Piccola Galleria do Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Rio de Janeiro
  • 1970: Galeria Documenta, São Paulo
  • 1976: Museu Genaro Perez, Cordoba
  • 1976: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo
  • 1977: Brazil-American Cultural Institute, Washington Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro
  • 1978: Galeria Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires
  • 1978: Galeria Arte Global, São Paulo
  • 1987: Galeria Paulo Figueiredo, São Paulo
  • 1994: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo , São Paulo
  • 1996: Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
  • 1996: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia
  • 1996: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
  • 1996: Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Palácio do Itamaraty

Awards

  • 1948: Medalha de Bronze, Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, São Paulo
  • 1953: Medalha de Ouro de Desenho e Gravura, Salão da Casa do Povo do Bom Retiro, São Paulo
  • 1977: Melhor Desenhista do Ano, Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte , São Paulo

Publications

Novels and short stories

  • A filha de Kafka. Massao Ohno, São Paulo 2000. ( digitized version ).
    • French: La fille de Kafka. Nouvelles. J. Losfeld, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-07-078969-1 . Translated from the Portuguese by Monique Le Moing.
  • Nas águas do mesmo rio. Ateliê Editorial, Cotia, SP 2005, ISBN 85-7480-311-1 .
  • O nono mês. Perspectiva, São Paulo 2008, ISBN 978-85-273-0830-4 .
  • Naufrágios. Contos. Editora 34, São Paulo 2010, ISBN 978-85-7326-464-7 .
  • Le neuvième mois. [without disclosures]. ( Digitized , French).
  • Auto retrato. Tempo e memória. [without disclosures]. ( Digitized , Portuguese).

literature

  • Giselda Leirner in the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (Brazilian Portuguese)

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personal data
SURNAME Leirner, Giselda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian draftsman, painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo