francois auguste biard (1799 - 1882)

Explore the adventurous world of François-Auguste Biard! Witness his captivating genre paintings & early depictions of Brazilian natives, a unique blend of travel & art.

Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (サンパウロ, ブラジル)

ピナコテカ・ド・サンパウロでブラジルの芸術遺産を探訪!19世紀から現代に至る息をのむようなブラジル美術を3つのユニークな建物で発見し、没入型の展示会を体験しましょう。

Biard was one of the most important traveling artists of the nineteenth century. Born in Lyon, France, he graduated in Fine Arts. His work as a drawing teacher of the French Navy made possible a series of registration trips to European and African countries in the 1820s and 1830s. The artist landed in Brazil in 1858, where he remained for a year. His visit to the north of the country resulted in some records of daily scenes of indigenous peoples, as in “A fabricação do curare na floresta amazônica”, belonging to the Musée du Nouveau Monde in France.In Rio de Janeiro, he portrayed members of the Portuguese court, as in “Portrait de l