Anita Malfatti (São Paulo SP 1889 - idem 1964)
Anita Malfatti was a Brazilian painter, draftswoman, printmaker and teacher, recognized as one of the leading pioneers of modern art in Brazil. Her career is essential to understanding the renewal of Brazilian art in the early 20th century, marked by the introduction of new aesthetic languages and a break with traditional academic standards.
Anita Malfatti was born in São Paulo, the daughter of the Italian engineer Samuele Malfatti and the American artist Eleonora Elizabeth Krug. As a child, she had a congenital impairment of her right arm and underwent surgery in Italy that was not fully successful. As a result, she learned to paint with her left hand, a trait that influenced her training and her artistic expression.
Anita Malfatti began her studies in São Paulo under her mother's guidance and qualified as a teacher at Mackenzie College in 1906. In 1910, she traveled to Germany and entered the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied with artists such as Lovis Corinth. During this period, she came into contact with Expressionism and other modern European movements, influences that deeply marked her work.
In 1912, Anita Malfatti visited the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne, where she saw works by Vincent van Gogh and other avant-garde artists. This experience consolidated her use of intense colors and her emphasis on subjective expression. With the outbreak of the First World War, she returned to Brazil.
Anita Malfatti held her first solo exhibition in 1914, in São Paulo. It was, however, her 1917 exhibition that caused a strong stir in the art world. The best-known episode was the review by Monteiro Lobato, who harshly attacked her work. Despite the controversy, Anita Malfatti received the support of important names of Brazilian modernism, such as Oswald de Andrade, Menotti Del Picchia and Di Cavalcanti.
In 1915, Anita Malfatti moved to the United States and studied in New York, a period in which she produced some of her best-known works, such as O Homem Amarelo (The Yellow Man) and Mulher de Cabelos Verdes (Woman with Green Hair). These paintings stand out for their expressiveness, their use of color and their psychological intensity.
Anita Malfatti's participation in the 1922 Modern Art Week consolidated her position as one of the central figures of Brazilian modernism. Alongside Tarsila do Amaral, Mário de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade, she helped redefine the course of art in Brazil.
After a period in Paris, Anita Malfatti returned to Brazil in 1928 and worked as a teacher and artist in São Paulo. She taught at Mackenzie College, kept her own studio and continued to produce regularly. From the 1930s onward, her work became more introspective, including works such as the illustrations for the book Cafundó da Infância.
Institutional recognition of Anita Malfatti's importance gained strength from 1949, with a major retrospective at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo. In 1951, she took part in the first São Paulo International Biennial, reinforcing her prominent role in the history of Brazilian art.
Anita Malfatti died in 1964, in São Paulo. Today, she is considered an essential figure of Brazilian modern art, with a legacy marked by pioneering spirit, aesthetic innovation and a lasting influence on generations of artists.
Critiques
Anita Malfatti's work sparked intense debate and a range of critical views, reflecting the transformation of modern art in Brazil.
Paulo Mendes de Almeida regarded the 1917 exhibition as a founding milestone: “With Anita Malfatti, the historically most important figure of the modernist movement has passed away. It is a well-known fact, recorded in so many statements, that her 1917 exhibition marked the opening of a passionate debate […] We called it the 'insurrectional exhibition'.” (ALMEIDA, 1976, p. 17).
Monteiro Lobato, on the other hand, harshly criticized Anita's modern aesthetics: “This artist has a vigorous, uncommon talent. […] However, seduced by the theories of what she calls modern art, she entered the realm of a highly debatable impressionism […] futurism, cubism, impressionism and tutti quanti are nothing but so many branches of caricatural art.” (LOBATO, 1980, v.1, p. 165).
Oswald de Andrade defended the originality and the rupture brought about by Anita Malfatti, stressing that “Possessing a high awareness of what she does […] the vibrant artist was not afraid to stir up, with her fifty works, the most irritated opinions […] Her art is the negation of the copy, an aversion to the oleograph.” (ANDRADE, 1980, v.1, p. 175).
Menotti del Picchia revised his opinion, recognizing Anita's boldness: “Regarding Anita Malfatti, I fell into the snare of his style [Lobato's] and […] judged, with Lobato's criteria […] With me, thousands of Paulistas […] judged this singular woman […] who, if she had no other merit, would have that of having broken […] our sleepiness as latecomers.” (PICCHIA, 1980, v.1, p. 213).
Marta Rossetti Batista highlighted the artist's pioneering role and isolation: “Anita Malfatti preceded, by several years, the first avant-garde group of Brazilian modernists […] The premature and isolated appearance of the Brazilian expressionist contributed to her disarray.” (BATISTA, 1980, v.1, p. 255). On the impact of the scandal and the ostracism, the author adds: “After the exhibition Anita withdrew. She went home and disappeared, wounded […] ‘Then the weight of ostracism began. All my work was cut off […]’ […] She learned that they could not encourage, understand or even accept ‘those Dantesque things’.” (BATISTA, 1980, p.196).
Tadeu Chiarelli analyzed Anita Malfatti's aesthetic maturing, highlighting her return to a more structured order: “The result of a more common phenomenon […] several artists of the international avant-garde went through a process of recovering the values of art prior to the aesthetic experiments of the early 20th century. […] Anita Malfatti, in her long process of returning to a supposed perennial order of art, has in these drawings one of the highest points of her work.” (CHIARELLI, 1999, p.165–167).
Testimonials
Anita Malfatti
Discovering color and light in modern painting
"When I arrived in Europe, I saw painting for the first time. When I visited the museums I felt dizzy. I began wanting to discover how the great saints of the Italian schools differed from the little holy cards of the schools. Both enchanted me equally. I was unhappy because the emotion was not one of dazzlement, but of disturbance and of infinite weariness before the unknown.
So I spent weeks going back every day to the Dresden Museum. In Berlin I continued the search and began to draw. I drew day and night for six months.
One fine day I went with a classmate to see a large exhibition of modern painting. They were large paintings. Kilos of paint of every color had been used. A formidable game. A confusion, a rapture, every accident of form painted with all the colors.
The artist had not taken the time to mix the colors, which for me was a revelation and my first discovery. I thought, the artist is right. Sunlight is made up of three primary colors and four derived ones. Objects reveal themselves only when they come out of the shadow, that is, when they are wrapped in light. Everything is the result of the light that reveals them, partaking of all the colors.
I began to see everything revealed by all the colors. Nothing in this world is colorless or without light.
I sought out the man of all colors, Lovis Corinth, and within a week I began working in this teacher's class. I immediately bought a lot of paints, and the party began.
I was still afraid of great painting, the way one is afraid of integral calculus."
Source: MALFATTI, Anita. Apud BATISTA, Marta Rossetti; LOPEZ, Telé Ancona; LIMA, Yvone Soares de (Orgs.). Brasil: 1º tempo modernista 1917/25: documentação. São Paulo: IEB/USP, 1972. p. 41.
Collections
Artistic-Cultural Collection of the São Paulo State Government Palaces - São Paulo SP
Banco Itaú S.A. Collection - São Paulo SP
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo/Brasil Collection - São Paulo SP
Casa Guilherme de Almeida - São Paulo SP
Visual Arts Collection of the Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros - IEB/USP - São Paulo SP
Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection - MAM/RJ - Rio de Janeiro RJ
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo Collection - MAC/USP - São Paulo SP
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro Collection - MAM/RJ - Rio de Janeiro RJ
Museu de Arte Brasileira - MAB/Faap - São Paulo SP
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - Masp - São Paulo SP
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - MNBA - Rio de Janeiro RJ
Solo Exhibitions
1914 - São Paulo SP - First Solo, at Mappin Stores
1917 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Modern Painting by Anita Malfatti, at 111 Líbero Badaró Street
1920 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Clube Comercial
1921 - Santos SP - Solo, at lobby of the Politeama Rio Branco
1926 - Paris (France) - Solo, at Galerie André
1929 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at 20 Líbero Badaró Street - mezzanine
1935 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Palácio das Arcadas
1937 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Palace Hotel
1938 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Art and Decoration Exhibition
1938 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at 219 Ceará Street (Artist's Studio)
1945 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at IAB/SP
1949 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: retrospective, at MASP
1950 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at 219 Ceará Street (Artist's Studio)
1955 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at MASP
1957 - São Paulo SP - Commemorative Exhibition of the Fortieth Anniversary of the 1917 Exhibition, at Clubinho
1963 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Casa do Artista Plástico
Group Exhibitions
1917 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 24th General Exhibition of Fine Arts, at Enba
1917 - São Paulo SP - Saci Exhibition, at Rua Líbero Badaró, No. 111
1918 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 25th General Exhibition of Fine Arts, at Enba
1919 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 26th General Exhibition of Fine Arts, at Enba
1922 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 29th General Exhibition of Fine Arts, at Enba
1922 - São Paulo SP - 1st General Exhibition of Fine Arts, at Palace of Industries
1922 - São Paulo SP - Modern Art Week, at Municipal Theater
1923 - Paris (France) - Exhibition of Brazilian Artists, at Maison de L'Amérique Latine
1924 - Paris (France) - 17th Salon d'Automne, at Grand Palais
1924 - Paris (France) - Exposition d'Art Latin Américain, at Musée Galliera
1925 - Paris (France) - 18th Salon d'Automne, at Grand Palais
1926 - Paris (France) - 19th Salon d'Automne, at Palais de Bois
1926 - Paris (France) - 37th Exposition Société des Artistes Indépendants, at Palais de Bois
1926 - Paris (France) - Salon du Franc, at Musée Galliera
1927 - Paris (France) - 20th Salon d'Automne, at Grand Palais
1927 - Paris (France) - 38th Exposition Société des Artistes Indépendants, at Grand Palais
1927 - Paris (France) - 5th Salon des Tuileries, at Palais de Bois
1928 - Paris (France) - 39th Exposition Société des Artistes Indépendants, at Grand Palais
1930 - New York (United States) - International Art Center, at Nicholas Roerich Museum
1930 - New York (United States) - The First Representative Collection of Paintings by Brazilian Artists, at Nicholas Roerich Museum
1930 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of a Modernist House
1931 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition at the First Modernist House in Rio de Janeiro, on Rua Toneleros
1931 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Revolutionary Salon, at Enba
1933 - São Paulo SP - 1st SPAM Modern Art Exhibition, at Palacete Campinas
1934 - São Paulo SP - 1st São Paulo Fine Arts Salon, at Rua 11 de Agosto
1935 - São Paulo SP - 2nd São Paulo Fine Arts Salon
1935 - São Paulo SP - 3rd São Paulo Fine Arts Salon
1936 - São Paulo SP - 4th São Paulo Fine Arts Salon
1937 - São Paulo SP - 1st Salon of the Família Artística Paulista, at Esplanada Hotel in São Paulo
1938 - São Paulo SP - 4th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1939 - São Paulo SP - 2nd Salon of the Família Artística Paulista, at Automobile Club
1939 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Salão de Maio, at Itá Gallery
1939 - São Paulo SP - 5th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1940 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd Salon of the Família Artística Paulista, at Palace Hotel
1941 - São Paulo SP - 6th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1941 - São Paulo SP - 1st Art Salon of the National Industries Fair, at Água Branca Park
1943 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Anti-Axis Exhibition, at Historical and Diplomatic Museum, Itamaraty Palace
1943 - São Paulo SP - 8th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1943 - São Paulo SP - Anti-Axis Exhibition, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1944 - Belo Horizonte MG - Modern Art Exhibition, at Mariana Building
1944 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Visual Arts Exhibition, at ABI
1944 - São Paulo SP - 9th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1944 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti, Clovis Graciano, Hilde Weber, Nelson Nóbrega, Francisco Rebolo, at Jaraguá Gallery
1944 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Modern Brazilian-North American Painting, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1945 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti, Virgínia Artigas, Clovis Graciano, Mick Carnicelli, Oswald de Andrade Filho, José Pancetti, Carlos Prado, Francisco Rebolo, Quirino da Silva, Alfredo Volpi, Mario Zanini, at Itapetininga Gallery
1946 - São Paulo SP - 10th Salon of the Visual Artists' Union, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1946 - São Paulo SP - 12th São Paulo Salon of Fine Arts, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1946 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Original Drawings by São Paulo Artists, at Alceu Amoroso Lima Municipal Library
1946 - São Paulo SP - Posthumous Tribute to Mário de Andrade, at Itá Gallery
1948 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Visual Arts by Female Painters and Sculptors of São Paulo, at Municipal Theater
1949 - Salvador BA - 1st Bahia Salon of Fine Arts, at Bahia Hotel
1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st São Paulo International Biennial, at Pavilion Trianon
1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1952 - Santiago (Chile) - Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Engravings of Brazil, at University of Chile. Museum of Contemporary Art
1952 - São Paulo SP - Commemorative Exhibition of the Modern Art Week of 22, at MAM/SP
1954 - São Paulo SP - Contemporary Art: exhibition of the collection of the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, at MAM/SP
1955 - Atibaia SP - 1st Official Painting Exhibition, at Atibaiense Recreational Club
1955 - São Paulo SP - 4th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art, at Prestes Maia Gallery
1957 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Modern Art in Brazil, at Museo de Arte Moderno
1957 - Lima (Peru) - Modern Art in Brazil, at Museo de Arte de Lima
1957 - Rosario (Argentina) - Modern Art in Brazil, at Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino
1957 - Santiago (Chile) - Modern Art in Brazil, at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
1960 - São Paulo SP - Women's Contribution to the Country's Visual Arts, at MAM/SP
1962 - São Paulo SP - Commemorative Exhibition of the Modern Art Week of 22, at Petite Galerie
1962 - São Paulo SP - Selection of Brazilian Art Works from the Ernesto Wolf Collection, at MAM/SP
1963 - Campinas SP - Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, at Carlos Gomes Museum
1963 - São Paulo SP - 7th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Nude in Contemporary Art, at Ibeu Copacabana Gallery
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Small Size Exhibition, at Bonino Gallery
Posthumous Exhibitions
1965 - São Paulo SP - 14th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Prestes Maia Gallery - posthumous tribute
1966 - Austin (United States) - Art of Latin America since Independence, at The University of Texas at Austin. Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery
1966 - New Haven (United States) - Art of Latin America since Independence, at Yale University Art Gallery
1966 - São Paulo SP - Half a Century of New Art, at MAC/USP
1971 - São Paulo SP - 11th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1971 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: retrospective, at MAB-Faap
1972 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 50 Years of Brazilian Art: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Ibeu Copacabana Gallery
1972 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: retrospective, at Novo Mundo Arts Center
1972 - São Paulo SP - Week of 22: antecedents and consequences, at MASP
1973 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at MAC/USP
1974 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at MASP
1974 - São Paulo SP - Time of the Modernists, at MASP
1975 - São Paulo SP - 13th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1975 - São Paulo SP - Modernism from 1917 to 1930, at Lasar Segall Museum
1975 - São Paulo SP - The Theme is Woman, at Azulão Galeria
1975 - São Paulo SP - SPAM and CAM, at Lasar Segall Museum
1976 - Paris (France) - Brazil: 20th-Century Artists, at Artcurial
1976 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art in the 20th Century: Paths and Trends, at Galeria Arte Global
1976 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art: Figures and Movements, at Galeria Arte Global
1976 - São Paulo SP - The Salons: Família Artística Paulista, Salão de Maio and Sindicato dos Artistas Plásticos de São Paulo, at Lasar Segall Museum
1977 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: retrospective, at MAC/USP
1978 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at Paulo Figueiredo Art Gallery
1978 - São Paulo SP - Landscape in the Pinacoteca Collection: From the 19th Century to the 1940s, at State Pinacoteca
1980 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Ochenta Años de Arte Brasileño, at Banco Itaú
1980 - Santiago (Chile) - 20 Brazilian Painters, at Chilean Academy of Fine Arts
1982 - Bauru SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art
1982 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Brazil 60 Years of Modern Art: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at José de Azeredo Perdigão Center for Modern Art
1982 - London (England) - Brazil 60 Years of Modern Art: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Barbican Art Gallery
1982 - Marília SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art
1982 - São Paulo SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art, at MAB-Faap
1982 - São Paulo SP - From Modernism to the Biennial, at MAM/SP
1983 - Belo Horizonte MG - 80 Years of Brazilian Art, at Clóvis Salgado Foundation. Palace of Arts
1983 - Campinas SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art, at MACC
1983 - Curitiba PR - 80 Years of Brazilian Art, at MAC/PR
1983 - Ribeirão Preto SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art
1983 - Santo André SP - 80 Years of Brazilian Art, at Santo André City Hall
1984 - Fortaleza CE - 7th National Salon of Visual Arts
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salon of 31, at Funarte
1984 - São Paulo SP - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection: portrait and self-portrait of Brazilian art, at MAM/SP
1984 - São Paulo SP - Tradition and Rupture: synthesis of Brazilian art and culture, at Fundação Bienal
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Portrait of Collector in his Collection, at Banerj Art Gallery
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Six Decades of Modern Art in the Roberto Marinho Collection, at Paço Imperial
1985 - São Paulo SP - 100 Itaú Works, at MASP
1985 - São Paulo SP - 18th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1985 - São Paulo SP - SPAM: The Story of a Dream, at Lasar Segall Museum
1985 - São Paulo SP - Trends in Artist's Books in Brazil, at CCSP
1986 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Seven Decades of Italian Presence in Brazilian Art, at Paço Imperial
1986 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: retrospective, at Renato Magalhães Gouvêa Art Office
1986 - São Paulo SP - Six Times: 80 Years, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1987 - Paris (France) - Modernity: Brazilian Art of the 20th Century, at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1987 - São Paulo SP - Brazil Painted by National and Foreign Masters: 18th-20th Centuries, at MASP
1988 - São Paulo SP - Brasiliana: Man and Land, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1988 - São Paulo SP - MAC 25 Years: Highlights from the Initial Collection, at MAC/USP
1988 - São Paulo SP - Modernity: 20th-Century Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1989 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Six Decades of Brazilian Modern Art: Roberto Marinho Collection, at José de Azeredo Perdigão Center of Modern Art
1989 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti: Retrospective, at MAC/USP
1989 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Painting, 19th and 20th Centuries: Works from the Itaú Bank Collection, at Itaugaleria
1989 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective in celebration of the artist's birth centenary, at IEB/USP
1990 - São Paulo SP - The Art Collection of the Municipality of São Paulo, at MASP
1990 - São Paulo SP - Anita and Oswald Return to the Park, at Associação Pró Parque Modernista
1991 - São Paulo SP - Desire in the Academy: 1847-1916, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1991 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at José Duarte Aguiar and Ricardo Camargo Art Space
1992 - Poços de Caldas MG - Brazilian Modern Art: collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo, at Casa da Cultura
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Nature: four centuries of art in Brazil, at CCBB
1992 - São Paulo SP - The Formation of the Modernist Gaze, at MAC/USP
1992 - São Paulo SP - Sérgio's Perspective on Brazilian Art: Drawings and Paintings, at Mário de Andrade Municipal Library
1992 - Zurich (Switzerland) - Brasilien: entdeckung und selbstentdeckung, at Kunsthaus Zürich
1993 - Poços de Caldas MG - Mário de Andrade Collection: Modernism in 50 Works on Paper, at Casa de Cultura
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazil: 100 Years of Modern Art, at MNBA
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Emblems of the Body: The Nude in Modern Brazilian Art, at CCBB
1993 - São Paulo SP - 100 Masterpieces from the Mário de Andrade Collection: painting and sculpture, at IEB/USP
1993 - São Paulo SP - Modern Drawing in Brazil: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Sesi Art Gallery
1993 - São Paulo SP - Modernism at the Museum of Brazilian Art: painting, at MAB-Faap
1994 - Poços de Caldas MG - Unibanco Collection: exhibition commemorating Unibanco's 70th anniversary, at Casa da Cultura
1994 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Drawing in Brazil: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at MAM/RJ
1994 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Modern Art: a selection from the Roberto Marinho Collection, at MASP
1994 - São Paulo SP - 20th Century Brazil Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1994 - São Paulo SP - Poetics of Resistance: Aspects of Brazilian Printmaking, at Sesi Art Gallery
1995 - São Paulo SP - Modernism in Paris in the 1920s: Experiences and Coexistences, at MAC/USP
1995 - São Paulo SP - Nudes: Drawings by Anita Malfatti, at Sinduscon Gallery
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Anita Malfatti and Her Time, at CCBB
1996 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art: 50 Years of History in the MAC/USP Collection: 1920 - 1970, at MAC/USP
1996 - São Paulo SP - Women Artists in the MAC Collection, at MAC/USP
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at Caixa Cultural Complex
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Parallel Exhibition, at Caixa Econômica Federal Museum
1997 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at Caixa Cultural Complex
1997 - São Paulo SP - Great Names of Brazilian Painting, at Jo Slaviero Art Gallery
1997 - São Paulo SP - Mário de Andrade and the Modernist Group, at Aúthos Paganos Cultural and Study Center
1997 - São Paulo SP - Masters of Expressionism in Brazil, at MASP
1997 - São Paulo SP - The Revealing Touch: Portraits and Self-Portraits, at MAC/USP
1998 - Brasília DF - Brazilian Like Me, Like Whom?, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998 - Curitiba PR - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at Caixa Cultural Complex
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at Caixa Cultural Complex
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Negotiated Images: portraits of the Brazilian elite, at CCBB
1998 - São Paulo SP - 24th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1998 - São Paulo SP - Highlights from the Unibanco Collection, at Moreira Salles Institute
1998 - São Paulo SP - The Collector, at MAM/SP
1998 - São Paulo SP - The Modern and the Contemporary in Brazilian Art: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection - MAM/RJ, at MASP
1999 - Salvador BA - 60 Years of Brazilian Art, at Caixa Econômica Federal Cultural Space
1999 - São Paulo SP - The Feminine Figure in the MAB Collection, at MAB-Faap
1999 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Like Me, Like Whom?, at MAB-Faap. Cultural Salon
1999 - São Paulo SP - Brazil in the Century of Art, at Sesi Art Gallery
1999 - São Paulo SP - On Paper, Graphite and Ink, at Banco Cidade
2000 - Belém PA - Arte Pará 2000, at Museum of Sacred Art
2000 - Brasília DF - Brazil-Europe Exhibition: Encounters in the 20th Century, at Caixa Cultural Complex
2000 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Brasil-brasis: cousas notaveis e espantosas. Modernist Perspectives, at Chiado Museum
2000 - Lisbon (Portugal) - 20th Century: Art from Brazil, at José de Azeredo Perdigão Center for Modern Art
2000 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - When Brazil was Modern: Visual Arts in Rio de Janeiro from 1905 to 1960, at Paço Imperial
2000 - São Paulo SP - 7th Art and Antiques Salon, at A Hebraica
2000 - São Paulo SP - The Female Figure in the MAB Collection, at MAB-Faap
2000 - São Paulo SP - Ars Erótica: Sex and Eroticism in Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
2000 - São Paulo SP - Brazil + 500 Rediscovery Exhibition, at Fundação Bienal
2000 - São Paulo SP - Investigations: Brazilian Printmaking, at Itaú Cultural
2000 - São Paulo SP - The Role of Art, at Sesi Art Gallery
2000 - São Paulo SP - A Certain Point of View: Pietro Maria Bardi 100 Years, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2000 - Valencia (Spain) - From Anthropophagy to Brasília: Brazil 1920-1950, at IVAM. Julio Gonzáles Center
2001 - New York (United States) - Brazil: Body and Soul, at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2001 - Penápolis SP - Investigations: Brazilian Printmaking, at Itaú Cultural Gallery
2001 - Brasília DF - Investigations: Brazilian Printmaking, at Itaú Cultural Gallery
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Watercolor, at Light Cultural Center
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Collections: Hecilda and Sergio Fadel at Chácara do Céu, at Castro Maya Museums. Chácara do Céu Museum
2001 - São Paulo SP - 30 Masters of Painting in Brazil, at MASP
2001 - São Paulo SP - Self-Portrait: The Artist's Mirror, at Sesi Art Gallery
2001 - São Paulo SP - Aldo Franco Collection, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2001 - São Paulo SP - Museum of Brazilian Art: 40 years, at MAB-Faap
2001 - São Paulo SP - Trajectory of Light in Brazilian Art, at Itaú Cultural
2001 - São Paulo SP - A Journey with Anita. The Feast of Form and Color, at MAB-Faap
2002 - Brasília DF - JK - An Aesthetic Adventure, at Centro Cultural da Caixa
2002 - Niterói RJ - Brazilian Art on Paper: 19th and 20th Centuries, at Solar do Jambeiro
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Archipelagos: The Plural Universe of MAM, at MAM/RJ
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: From the Restlessness of the Modern to the Autonomy of Language, at CCBB
2002 - São Paulo SP - 22 and the Idea of the Modern, at MAC/USP
2002 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: From the Restlessness of the Modern to the Autonomy of Language, at CCBB
2002 - São Paulo SP - From Anthropophagy to Brasília: Brazil 1920-1950, at MAB-Faap
2002 - São Paulo SP - Modernism: from the Week of 22 to the art section of Sérgio Milliet, at CCSP
2003 - Brasília DF - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: from the restlessness of the modern to the autonomy of language, at CCBB
2003 - Ribeirão Preto SP - The 1920s: Emerging Modernity, at Pedro Manuel-Gismondi Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Autonomy of Drawing, at MAM/RJ
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Treasures of the Caixa: Brazilian modern art in the Caixa collection, at Caixa Cultural Complex
2003 - São Paulo SP - Arteconhecimento: 70 Years of USP, at MAC/USP
2003 - São Paulo SP - MAC USP 40 Years: Contemporary Interfaces, at MAC/USP
2003 - São Paulo SP - Painters of the Coast of São Paulo, at Sociarte
2003 - São Paulo SP - Portraits, at MAB-Faap
2004 - Brasília DF - JK's Modernist Perspective, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Itamaraty Palace
2004 - Madrid (Spain) - Arco/2004, at Juan Carlos I Fair Park
2004 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Iconic Face of Brazilian Art, at MAM/RJ
2004 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Caixa Cultural Complex
2004 - São Paulo SP - Paper Cabinet, at CCSP
2004 - São Paulo SP - Women Painters, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2004 - São Paulo SP - The Price of Seduction: From Corsets to Silicone, at Itaú Cultural
2004 - São Paulo SP - Masterpieces by Anita Malfatti, at BM&F Cultural Space
2005 - Fortaleza CE - Brazilian Art: in the public and private collections of Ceará, at Unifor Cultural Space
2005 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Masterpieces of Brazilian Art, at Rio Design Barra Exhibition Center
2005 - São Paulo SP - 100 Years of the Pinacoteca: the formation of a collection, at Sesi Art Gallery
2005 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti, Printmaker - A Recovery, at IE/USP
2005 - São Paulo SP - Erotica: the senses in art, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2005 - São Paulo SP - Faces of Mário, at IEB/USP
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Erotica: the senses in art, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Brazilian Drawing 1917-1950, at Museum of Modern Art
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Museum of Modern Art
2006 - São Paulo SP - JK's Modernist Gaze, at MAB-FAAP
2006 - São Paulo SP - Brasiliana MASP: contemporary modern, at São Paulo Museum of Art
2006 - São Paulo SP - Radical Maneuvers, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2006 - São Paulo SP - A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2007 - Salvador BA - A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Museum of Modern Art of Bahia
2007 - São Paulo SP - Anita Malfatti, Printmaker - A Recovery, at Dona Yayá's House
2007 - São Paulo SP - Brazil, Several Times Modern, at Espaço Arte MorumbiShopping
2008 - São Paulo SP - Strategies for Entering and Exiting Modernity in the Collection Itaú Moderno, at São Paulo Museum of Art
2008 - São Paulo SP - BM&F BOVESPA Collection, at BM&F Bovespa Cultural Space
2008 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Brazil, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2008 - São Paulo SP - Ties of the Gaze, at Tomie Ohtake Institute
2008 - São Paulo SP - MAM 60, at Oca
2009 - São Paulo SP - The Sacred Art of Anita Malfatti, at Museum of Sacred Art
2009 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Brazil, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2009 - São Paulo SP - Recent in the Collection, at Museum of Brazilian Art
2009 - São Paulo SP - Nudes, at Fortes Vilaça Gallery
2009 - São Paulo SP - Art in France 1860-1960: Realism, at São Paulo Museum of Art
2009 - São Paulo SP - A Critical Look: Award-Winning Art from ABCA and the Artistic Collection of the Palaces, at Palácio dos Bandeirantes
2009 - São Paulo SP - Treasures from the Roberto Marinho Collection, at BM&F Bovespa Cultural Space
2009 - São Paulo SP - Modernos de Sempre, at Dan Galeria
2010 - São Paulo SP - Genealogies of the Contemporary, at Museum of Modern Art
2010 - São Paulo SP - 6th sp-arte, at Fundação Bienal
2010 - Brasília DF - Anita Malfatti: 120th Anniversary of Her Birth, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2010 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Anita Malfatti: 120th Anniversary of Her Birth, at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center
2010 - São Paulo SP - Revealed Memories, at Museum of Brazilian Art
2010 - São Paulo SP - Brazilianness and Modernism, at Dan Galeria
2011 - Brasília DF - Brazilian Women Artists - 20th-Century Production, at Planalto Palace
2011 - Campos do Jordão SP - Art and Culture in the Paraíba Valley, at Boa Vista Palace
2011 - Curitiba PR - Anita Malfatti, at Oscar Niemeyer Museum
2011 - São Paulo SP - Art in Brazil: A History at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2011 - São Paulo SP - Marks of Expressionism, at MAB-FAAP
2011 - São Paulo SP - Modernisms in Brazil, at MAC/USP
2011 - São Paulo SP - 7th sp-arte, at Fundação Bienal
2012 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Amazon, Cycles of Modernity, at CCBB
2013 - São Paulo SP - Experience] and [Transformation, at MAB-FAAP
2013 - São Paulo SP - The Now, The Before: a summary of the MAC USP collection, at MAC/USP
2013 - Fortaleza CE - Trajectories: Brazilian Art in the Edson Queiroz Foundation Collection - Unifor 40 Years, at Unifor Cultural Space
Source: Itaú Cultural
