Sylvio Pinto

Sylvio Pinto, a renowned landscapist and marine painter, was the son of the Portuguese painter Bernardo Pinto da Silva, his first master, and the father of the painter Ubirajara Pinto. He studied at the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios in Rio de Janeiro in 1936, where he was a student of masters such as Edson Mota, Manoel Santiago, Bustamante Sá, and Pancetti, who greatly influenced his work. In 1938, he began attending the Bernardelli Group, where he met artists such as Quirino Campo, Milton Dacosta, and Ado Malagoli.

In 1939, he started creating decorations and sets for theater and carnival festivities, deciding to pursue a professional painting career in 1940. He founded a free art school for underprivileged children in the Jacarepaguá neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where he lived. In 1953, he traveled to Europe, passing through Lisbon, Madrid, and Seville, eventually settling in Paris, where he produced some of his best urban landscapes.

In 1977, he traveled to the United States, returning in 1981 to open a studio in Ellenville, New York, where he remained for several years. The final years of his life were spent in the Leme neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

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