Manabu Mabe

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Manabu Mabe (born September 14, 1924 in Kumamoto Japan , † September 22, 1997 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian painter , engraver and illustrator.

life and work

Mabe emigrated to Brazil with his family in 1934 to work on coffee plantations in the state of São Paulo. He also worked as a seller of hand-painted ties in São Paulo. As an autodidact, he made paintings in his spare time. In São Paulo in the late 1940s he met the painter Tomoo Handa , to whom he presented his works. He learned from the painter Yoshiya Takaoka and took part in exhibitions of the Guanabara group in 1950. In 1957 he sold his coffee plantation in Lins and moved to São Paulo to devote himself exclusively to painting. In 1959 he took part in the first Biennale of Young Artists in Paris. 53 of his paintings were on January 30, 1979 after an exhibition in Tokyo on VARIG flight 967 from Tokyo to Los Angeles. The plane disappeared over the Pacific and the paintings were lost. His works are shown in the permanent exhibitions of the São Paulo Contemporary Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, the Boston Contemporary Art Museum and the Beaux-Arts Museum in Dallas.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1957: Clube Linense, Lins
  • 1959: Galeria Barcinski, Rio de Janeiro
  • 1960: Galeria Time-Life, New York
  • 1961: Galeria Rubbers, Buenos Aires ; La Cloche Gallery, Paris
  • 1962: Galleria Il Canale, Venice , Italy
  • 1963: Galeria Querino, Salvador
  • 1964: Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Lima
  • 1967: Galeria Astreia, São Paulo
  • 1968: Galeria Merk-Up, Cidade do México
  • 1969: Galeria Buchholz, Lisbon
  • 1970: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • 1971: Galeria Documenta, São Paulo
  • 1978: Kumamoto, Kumamoto Museum of Art, Kumamoto , Japan
  • 1980: The Lowe Art Museum, Miami ; Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, DC
  • 1983: Galeria Arteconsult, Cidade do Panamá
  • 1984: AC, Estocolmo
  • 1986: Realidade Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte de São Paulo
  • 1989: Kouros Gallery, New York
  • 1991: Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka , Japan; Galeria Debret, Paris
  • 1992: Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo
  • 1995: Galeria de Arte André, São Paulo

Awards

  • 1958: "Great Gold Medal", 7th São Paulo Modern Art Salon
  • 1959: "State Governor Award", 8th São Paulo Modern Art Salon
  • 1959: Leirner Award of Contemporary Art "
  • 1959: "Best National Painter", 5th São Paulo Biennale
  • 1959: "Braun Award", 1st Paris Biennale
  • 1959: "Grant Award", 1st Paris Biennale
  • 1959: "Purchase Award", Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
  • 1960: "Fiat Award", XXX. Venice Biennale
  • 1962: "First Award", First American Art Biennial, Córdoba

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personal data
SURNAME Mabe, Manabu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian painter, engraver and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Kumamoto , Japan
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1997
Place of death São Paulo