Armando Moral Sendin (Rio de Janeiro RJ 1925 - Marbella, Espanha 2020)
Armando Sendin was a painter, ceramist, sculptor, draftsman, printmaker and teacher. He devoted much of his life to study: he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Priego, Spain, around 1940; studied philosophy at the Universidade de São Paulo from 1945 to 1949; specialized in aesthetics with Bogumil Jasinowski at the Universidad de Chile in 1950; and, on a French government scholarship, studied aesthetics at the Sorbonne under Souriau from 1950 to 1953. During his travels, he worked with Gensoli at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, in France, and did research with the ceramist Zuloaga, as well as studying ceramic techniques of Eastern origin with Guardiola and González Martí in Spain.
From 1954 to 1964, he taught painting, ceramics, sculpture and drawing in his studio in São Paulo. In that city, he held his first solo exhibition in 1960, at the Clube dos Artistas. In 1965, he published the textbook Cerâmica Artística [Art Ceramics]. In 1982, he received the Ribeiro Couto Prize as the visual arts highlight of the year.
Critiques
"It is the spectacle of the street, more precisely the world of men, of everyday life, that attracts Armando Sendin's keen perception. It is therefore reality, seemingly objectified at first glance, that drives his gaze and energy toward what appearances seem to be and not to be. But this reality, experienced more in appearance than in likeness, despite the fidelity expressed, implies an objectification of the world rather than a bland inventory. Indeed, none of the subjects he treats, most often in cycles, is without intention. Without apparent pretension, and with their inevitable social resonances, they transcend the banal existence of daily life. (...) In this iconography, patiently observed and staged by an artist in full command of his means, we finally note the rejection of the industrial world, of technology, of closed and empty universes, of an aggressive humanity. Armando Sendin preferred to express in his own way - to borrow from Bachelard - the 'intimate immensity' of beings, things and nature. That is why, beyond the meticulous work and the demands of the hand, his painting conveys an impression at once playful, grave and comforting".
Gérard Xuriguera
ARMANDO Sendin. Apresentação de Pietro Maria Bardi et al. São Paulo: Galeria de Arte André, 1988.
Solo Exhibitions
1960 - São Paulo SP - First solo exhibition, at Clube dos Artistas de São Paulo
1970 - New York (United States) - Solo, at Zegri Gallery
1972 - New York (United States) - Solo, at Iramar Gallery
1973 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Documenta
1974 - Washington (United States) - Solo, at Galeria da União Pan-Americana [Pan American Union Gallery]
1978 - Seville (Spain) - Solo, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sevilha
1979 - Madrid (Spain) - Solo, at Galeria Propac
1981 - Paris (France) - Solo, at Galerie Liliane François
1983 - Paris (France) - Solo, at Galerie Liliane François
1985 - São Paulo SP - Armando Sendin: brincar, flanar [Armando Sendin: Play, Stroll], at Galeria de Arte André
1987 - Paris (France) - Solo, at Galerie Liliane François
1988 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria de Arte André
1995 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria de Arte André
Group Exhibitions
1951 - Paris (France) - Salon of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
1958 - São Paulo SP - 7th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1966 - São Paulo SP - 15th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1967 - Campinas SP - 3rd Campinas Contemporary Art Salon, at MACC
1967 - Santos SP - 1st Santos Contemporary Art Salon - City Hall Prize
1967 - São Caetano do Sul SP - São Caetano Salon - acquisition prize
1967 - São Paulo SP - 16th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1967 - São Paulo SP - 9th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1967 - São Paulo SP - Roma e a Campanha Romana [Rome and the Roman Countryside] show, at Auditório Itália - 1st prize in painting
1968 - Campinas SP - 4th Campinas Contemporary Art Salon, at MACC
1968 - Curitiba PR - 25th Paraná Salon, at Biblioteca Pública do Paraná
1968 - Ouro Preto MG - 2nd Ouro Preto Salon - Hidrominas Prize
1968 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 17th National Salon of Modern Art, at MAM/RJ
1968 - Santo André SP - 1st Santo André Contemporary Art Salon, at Paço Municipal - Santo André City Hall Prize
1968 - Santos SP - 2nd Santos Contemporary Art Salon - Citibank Prize
1968 - São Paulo SP - 17th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1969 - Curitiba PR - 26th Paraná Salon, at Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Paraná
1969 - Santo André SP - 2nd Santo André Contemporary Art Salon, at Paço Municipal - City of Santo André Prize
1969 - São Caetano do Sul SP - São Caetano Salon - City of São Caetano Prize
1969 - São Paulo SP - 10th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1969 - São Paulo SP - 18th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1969 - São Paulo SP - 1st São Paulo Contemporary Art Salon, at Masp
1969 - São Paulo SP - Pinacoteca do Estado Art Salon - acquisition prize
1970 - Santo André SP - 3rd Santo André Contemporary Art Salon, at Paço Municipal - 1st prize
1970 - São Paulo SP - 19th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1971 - Monaco (Monaco) - 7th Grand Prix International d'Art Contemporain - Unesco Prize
1971 - Santos SP - Santos Biennial - acquisition prize
1971 - São Paulo SP - 11th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1971 - São Paulo SP - 20th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1972 - São Paulo SP - 21st São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1973 - Santos SP - Santos Biennial - 1st prize
1973 - São Paulo SP - 12th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal - Santos Dumont Prize
1973 - São Paulo SP - 22nd São Paulo Salon of Modern Art
1973 - São Paulo SP - 5th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1975 - São Paulo SP - 13th São Paulo International Biennial - acquisition prize
1976 - São Paulo SP - 8th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1977 - São Paulo SP - 14th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 18th Art and Ecological Thought, at Biblioteca Euclides da Cunha
1978 - São Paulo SP - 16th Art and Ecological Thought, at Cetesb
1979 - São Paulo SP - 11th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1979 - São Paulo SP - 15th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1979 - São Paulo SP - 4th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1980 - Spain - 1st International Painting Competition - Cemesa Prize
1980/1988 - Paris (France), Joinville (Brazil) and San Francisco (United States) - Takes part annually in the Figuration Critique exhibition
1981 - São Paulo SP - 5th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1982 - Japan - Fundação Mokiti Okada Exhibition
1982 - Paris (France) - Salon Comparaisons, at Grand Palais
1983 - Atami (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1983 - Kyoto (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at MNBA
1983 - São Paulo SP - 14th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1983 - São Paulo SP - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at Masp
1983 - Tokyo (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1984 - São Paulo SP - Tradition and Rupture: A Synthesis of Brazilian Art and Culture, at Fundação Bienal
1986 - Paris (France) - Salon Comparaisons, at Grand Palais
1987 - Japan - Fundação Mokiti Okada Exhibition
1987 - Paris (France) - Salon Comparaisons, at Grand Palais
1987 - São Paulo SP - 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Chapel Art Show
1988 - São Paulo SP - 15 Years of the Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at Fundação Mokiti Okada M.O.A.
1991 - Santos SP - 3rd Santos National Biennial, at Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão
1993 - Santo André SP - 21st Santo André Contemporary Art Salon, at Paço Municipal
1993 - Santos SP - 4th Santos National Biennial, at Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão
1996 - Osasco SP - 3rd Art Show, at Centro Universitário Fieo
2001 - São Paulo SP - 4 Decades, at Nova André Galeria
2005 - São Paulo SP - Acervo 2005 [Collection 2005], at MAB/Faap
Source: Itaú Cultural
