Amélia Toledo

Amélia Toledo

Brazil - 1926 - 2017

Brazilian, b. 1926

Toledo, born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1926, was a sculptor, painter, illustrator and designer. In the late thirties, she became friends with, and began to attend, the atelier of renowned artist Anita Malfatti. In the forties, she studied with Yoshiya Takaoka and Waldemar da Costa. In the mid-sixties, Toledo began teaching architecture and urban studies at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP, São Paulo) and Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial (ESDI, Rio De Janeiro).

The artist also dedicated herself in oil and watercolor paintings and jewelry design. In the nineties, Toledo exhibited a number of pieces in public spaces like subway stations in Rio De Janeiro. In 1999 a retrospective exhibition on Toledo's work was debuted at Galeria do Sesi in São Paulo. In 2004 a book on her work, “Amélia Toledo: As Naturezas do Artifício” by Agnaldo Farias was published.

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