Caetano De Almeida

Was born in Campinas, São Paulo, in 1964. A painter and printmaker, he began his studies in visual arts at the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (Faap) from 1983 to 1988, where he was taught by Evandro Carlos Jardim and Nelson Leirner, among others. During this period, he also attended printmaking workshops at the São Paulo State Pinacoteca.

From 1986 to 1991, he developed the "Bestiário" series, where he recreated illustrations from books and encyclopedias. In the 1990s, he began to present canvases filled with opulent representations of animals and plants, demonstrating a rich color palette. His work often reinterprets classical paintings from art history, as seen in "Madames" (1999), inspired by the paintings of Jean-Marc Nattier from the São Paulo Museum of Art Assis Chateaubriand (Masp) collection.

The "Mundo Plano" series, created between 2000 and 2003, consists of works that dialogue with fabric patterns collected on his travels to France and India, as well as with the works of Thomas Pollock and Alfredo Volpi. In 2005, Caetano de Almeida started the "Grotesco" series, evoking paintings from Roman antiquity rediscovered during the Renaissance, exploring classical themes with a contemporary gaze.

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