Mário Gruber

Mário Gruber Correia (born 1927 in Santos, Brazil - died December 28, 2011, in Cotia, Brazil) was a renowned Brazilian painter, printmaker, sculptor, and muralist. His artistic career began in 1943, and he enrolled at the São Paulo School of Fine Arts in 1946. The following year, he won the first prize in painting at the 19 Painters group exhibition and held his first solo exhibition in 1948.

Gruber studied printmaking with Poty and worked with masters Di Cavalcanti and Cândido Portinari. In 1949, thanks to a scholarship, he moved to Paris, where he studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of printmaker Édouard Goerg. He returned to Brazil in 1951 and founded the Clube de Gravura in Santos, later known as the Clube de Arte.

Gruber taught at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo and the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP). From 1979, after a brief stint in Olinda, he divided his time between São Paulo, Paris, and New York. Among his notable works is the mural "Como sempre esteve, o amanhã está em nossas mãos" (1978-1987), displayed at the Sé station of the São Paulo Metro.

Mário Gruber passed away at the age of 84 in a geriatric clinic in Cotia, where he was being treated for complications caused by cancer. His artistic legacy is vast, including significant contributions to painting, printmaking, and sculpture in Brazil.

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