Carlos Bracher

Carlos Bernardo Bracher, born in 1940 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, is a prominent Brazilian painter, draftsman, sculptor, and printmaker. His artistic training began in 1959 at the Sociedade de Belas Artes Antônio Parreiras in his hometown. Between 1965 and 1966, he studied with Fayga Ostrower at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, where he also learned mural and mosaic techniques with Inimá de Paula at the Municipal School of Fine Arts.

In 1967, Bracher was awarded a travel grant by the National Salon of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro, leading him to Europe, where he lived mainly in Paris and Lisbon. There, he studied painting and exhibited in various galleries. He returned to Brazil in the early 1970s, settling in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais.

His career was marked by a retrospective exhibition in 1989, celebrating 30 years of work, titled "Pintura Sempre," which traveled through São Paulo, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Belo Horizonte. The following year, he created a series of paintings in tribute to the centennial of the death of Vincent van Gogh, displayed in various galleries and museums in Brazil and abroad.

Several books have been published about his work, including "Bracher" by Olívio Tavares de Araújo published by Métron in 1989, and "Bracher: From Gold to Steel" by Salamandra in 1992.