Armando Romanelli
Inspired by the great European impressionist masters, Armando Romanelli found his great mark in the tropical landscapes of Brazil. The contrast of light and dark, often dramatic, takes on a new shape, since Brazilian landscapes are more luminous than European landscapes. His work brings strong shades of unusual yellow and orange to foreign impressionists. Not infrequently, he takes notes in the field to perform in the studio, but he really likes painting outdoors. When he tends to abstraction, his works are pure colorful explosion, which is why the book published about his life and work bears the name of “the colors of time”.
His figures drink from the baroque and, when he looks at urban scenes, tends to expressionism as he creates more defined images.
Romanelli became interested in teenage art. At the age of 15, he painted a tile with wall paint: his first work. Encouraged by her mother, she starts to study in a self-taught way. Later, in 1963, he joined the Institute of Fine Arts, having great names like Mestres - Edgar Walter, Oswaldo Teixeira and Manoel Santiago. at the Hippie Fair in Ipanema. In 1972, however, he was embraced by the art galleries.
Chronology
1945 - Born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Carly Romanelli and Augusto Cerqueira, both artists from where he inherited his talent.
1960 - Paints his first painting, using a tile and wall paints.
1961 - Motivated by his mother, he begins to paint on his own.
1963 - He studies painting at the "Instituto de Fine Artes" having as teachers: Edgar Walter, Oswaldo Teixeira and Manoel Santiago.
1968 - Wins the gold medal at the "Duquecaxiense Salão" of painting - awarded by Orlando Teruz, Silvia de Leon Chaléo and Quirino Campofiorito.
1965 to 1968 - Period of transition of style, from academicism to impressionism.
1969 to 1970 - Participates in the movement of artists exposing and selling their works at the fair Hippie de Ipanema.
1968 to 1972 - Participates in all art salons (competitions) winning several gold medals, silver, bronze, honorable mentions among other awards.
1972 - Makes the transition from the fair from Ipanema to art galleries.
Testimations
"Rhythm of shapes y colors in a perfect equilibrium. In each brushstroke, La Emoción del momento rehace y is eternalized. It's everyday in the es jamás el simple transcurrir del tiempo, bell un puente between the life and art. When we see Los Cuadros de Romanelli, we think of how in an intuition of certainty: son bellos. hay en ellos una luminosidad que va más allá de los objetos y llega la fuente de la fuerza de la vida". 1991)
"Owner of a luminous and illuminated palette, Romanelli enchants for the poetry of truth and seduces by the rigorous technique of composition. In precise and textured brushstrokes, Romanelli reveals the mosaic of the Brazilian soul, the essence of mysticism and the religiosity of our people".
Hélio Carneiro
Paintings in Museums
Adolpho Bloch Museum
Pinacoteca da Atlantic
Pinacoteca do Bando Bozano Simonsen
Pinacoteca do Banco Safra
Pinacoteca do Banco do Brasil, Atlanta, Barcelona, Singapore, Miami, New York, Zurick
Pinacoteca da Varig
Pinacoteca da Fundação Roberto Marinho
Pinacoteca da ETE (Telecommunications Company)
Museum de Londrina Pr
Museo Iconografico del Quixote, Guanajuato Mexico
National individual exhibitions
1970 - Galeria Ricardo Montenegro, Botafogo, RJ
1971 - Thomas Jefferson Gallery, Brasília, DF
1972 - Galeria do Banco Andrade Arnaud, Copacabana, RJ
1972 - Galeria Ponto de Arte, Ipanema, RJ
1973 - Galeria do Banco Andrade Arnaud, Centro, RJ
1973 - Galeria Acaiaca, Curitiba, PR
1974 - Intercontinental Gallery, Ipanema, RJ
1974 - Mini Gallery, Ipanema, RJ
1975 - Galeria Acaiaca, Curitiba, PR
1975 - Galeria Portal, São Paulo, SP
1976 - Picasso Gallery, Recife, PE
1977 - Galeria Grafitti, Ipanema, RJ
1978 - Galeria Lebreton, Ipanema, RJ
1979 - Galeria Monet, Niterói, RJ
1980 - Galeria Toulouse, Gávea, RJ
1981 - Masson Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS
1982 - Galeria Kátia, Salvador, BA
1983 - Galeria Borguese, Gávea, RJ
1984 - Gallery Bhiarte, Londrina, PR
1985 - Masson Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS
1985 - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE
1985 - Ranulpho Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP
1986 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1987 - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE
1987 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1987 - Visual Art Gallery, Brasília, DF
1987 - Galeria Borguese, Gávea, RJ
1988 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1989 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1990 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1990 - Visual Art Gallery, Brasília, DF
1992 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1993 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1994 - Beatriz Telles Ferreira Gallery, Florianópolis, SC
1994 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
1996 - Beatriz Telles Ferreira Gallery, Florianópolis, SC
1997 - Hogar Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, SP
1998 - Visual Art Gallery, Brasília, DF
1998 - Galeria Beatriz Telles Ferreira, Florianópolis, SC
1999 - Via Lívia Art Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS
1999 - Época Gallery of Art, Goiania, GO
2000 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
2000 - Galeria Ipanema Parque, Porto, Portugal
2001 - Gallery Colony Club, Caribbean, Barbados
2001 - Galeria Beatriz Telles Ferreira, Florianópolis, SC
2002 - Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
2002 - Visual Art Gallery, Brasília, DF
2002 - Galeria d'Alencastro Guimarães, Porto Alegre, RS
2003 - Galeria Dom Quixote, Rio Design Barra, Rio de Janeiro, RJ]
2004 - Galeria Dom Quixote, Rio Design Barra, 40 years of painting, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
2005 - Galeria Beatriz Telles Ferreira, Florianópolis, SC
2008 - Galeria Dom Quixote, SP Arte, Clube Hebraica, SP
2009 - Galeria Dom Quixote, SP Arte, Clube Hebraica, SP
2009 - Beatriz Telles Ferreira Gallery, Brazil-France Anointing Tribute, Giverny Gardens, Florianópolis, SC
2009 - Galeria Dom Quixote, Rio Design Leblon, by the brushes of the grandmaster, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
2010 - Galeria Beatriz Telles Ferreira, celebrating 29 years of art - Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
2014 - Gallery Don Quixote, Romanelli - 50 years of painting - Shopping da Gávea, RJ, Brazil
Main international exhibitions
1973 - Mara´s Gallery, London, England
1974 - Woodstock Gallery, London, England
1980 - Brazilianische Kunst, Hanover, Germany
1981 - Forum Picoas, Lisbon, Portugal
1993 - Il Centro Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, USA
1994 - Art Miami, Embassy Gallery, Florida, USA
1995 - Port Royal Gallery, Naples Florida, USA
1997 - Profile Art Gallery, Jupiter Florida, USA
1997 - Overseas Gallery, Coral Gables Florida, USA
2000 - Galeria Ipanema Park, Porto, Portugal
2001 - Colony Club Gallery, Caribean, Barbados
2006 - Museo Iconografico del Quixote, Guanajuato Mexico
Remarkable Moments
1987 - Launch of the book Romanelli
1988 - Launch of the book Brazilian Drawings
1992 - Received the Pedro Ernesto Medal of the Chamber of Aldermen
1992 - Launch of the first religious seal of America Latina, commemorative of the 100th anniversary of the Baptist Church of Niterói and 130 years of the Church of the First Presbyterian Church of Rio de Janeiro
1993 - received the title of worthy citizen of the city of Rio de Janeiro
1997 - The painting of the altar of the Chapel Nossa S. das Graças, in Gávea Rio de Janeiro 2000 - made the painting of the altar of the Chapel of Santa Edwirges in Teresópolis RJ
2002 - Launch of the book Romanelli As colors of time with an exhibition Retrospective, at Casa França Brasil Rio de Janeiro.
2002 - He painted the Altar of the main altar of the Matriz de São Fidélis in São Fidelis RJ
2003 - Exhibition "A tour of the world" at the Dom Quixote gallery, Rio de January
2006 - Exhibition "Four Decades of Painting" at the Don Quixote Gallery
2009 - Painted a 20.00 m² panel at Santa Rosa de Lima Church, Rio de Janeiro
Source: Romanelli Art
