Egas Francisco (São Paulo SP 1939)
Painter, draftsman, set designer and teacher.
Egas Francisco Sampaio de Souza lives in Campinas. In the 1960s, he taught art education at the Instituto D. Nery and, at the Centro de Ciências, Letras e Artes [Center of Sciences, Letters and Arts], directed the painting department, where he taught courses for children and founded the free course for shoeshine boys and newspaper sellers. In 1974, he designed the sets and costumes for the play Pinocchio, staged by Sia Santa of Campinas. He taught the course Introdução à Arte Contemporânea [Introduction to Contemporary Art] at Senac in 1979 and the course Os Pintores Malditos [The Accursed Painters] at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea, MACC [Museum of Contemporary Art], in 1981.
Critiques
"Very well known in Europe and especially in Italy, Egas has been much discussed and publicized in critical circles. He paints out of inner necessity, being figurative because it seems useless to him to invent new languages to express immutable truths. Recognized for the singularity of his compositions devoted to Expressionism, he observes everything in a disquieting way, possessing a noble and magical dream, portraying and building for the enrichment of biblical existence, of myths and enigmas, from the divine of Paradise to the inferno of Purgatory".
Narcizo Martins
MARTINS, Narcizo. Panorama da arte contemporânea. Tito Alencastro. Narcizo Martins. Narcizo Martins; Mary Martins. s.l., Gráfica e Ed. C, 1986.
Solo Exhibitions
1960 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Livraria Macunaíma
1963 - Salvador BA - Solo, at União Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Petite Galerie
1971 - Campinas SP - Solo, at Galeria Girassol
1975 - Campinas SP - Solo, at MACC
1985 - Genoa (Italy) - Solo, at Galeria L'Arte Modello
1985 - Bérgamo (Italy) - Solo, at Ars Galeri
1985 - Udine (Italy) - Solo, at Studio Art isive
1985 - Milan (Italy) - Solo, at Centro Culturale Italo-Brasiliano
1985 - Stuttgart (Germany) - Solo, at Galeria Jakobsbrunnen
1985 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Solo, at Atlântica Gênova
1986 - Campinas SP - Egas Francisco: pintura e aquarela [Egas Francisco: Painting and Watercolor], at Galeria de Arte Unicamp
1986 - Stuttgart (Germany) - Egas Francisco Malerei [Egas Francisco Painting], at Volksbank
1987 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Itaugaleria
1987 - São Paulo SP - Egas Francisco: pintura [Egas Francisco: Painting], at Paço das Artes
1990 - Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Solo, at White Bergen
1991 - Campinas SP - Solo, at Galeria de Arte do Centro de Convivência Cultural
1998 - Stuttgart (Germany) - Solo, at GBH Galerie
1998 - Stuttgart (Germany) - Solo, at Café Stella
Group Exhibitions
1963 - São Paulo SP - Salão do Trabalho [Labor Salon], at Galeria das Folhas
1965 - Campinas SP - Casa Azul [Blue House], at Jóquei Clube
1965 - São Paulo SP - Propostas 65 [Proposals 65], at MAB/Faap
1966 - Campinas SP - Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas [Campinas Contemporary Art Salon]
1970 - Campinas SP - 6º Salão de Arte Contemporânea [6th Contemporary Art Salon], at MACC
1971 - Campinas SP - Group show, at Galeria Girassol
1972 - Campinas SP - Grupo Hoje [Today Group], at MACC
1972 - Florianópolis SC - 1º Salão de Artes Plásticas da Ilha de Santa Catarina [1st Santa Catarina Island Visual Arts Salon]
1973 - Campinas SP - Inauguração da Galeria do Paço Municipal [Opening of the City Hall Gallery], at Paço Municipal
1974 - Mostra Novos Valores [New Talents Exhibition], sponsored by Sesc
1975 - São Paulo SP - Coletiva Bosch [Bosch Group Show], at Masp
1975 - São Paulo SP - Teatro Aliança Francesa [Alliance Française Theater]
1976 - Campinas SP - Group show, at MACC
1976 - São Paulo SP - Bienal Nacional 76 [National Biennial 76], at Fundação Bienal
1977 - São Paulo SP - 30 Anos de Arte Moderna [30 Years of Modern Art], at Masp
1977 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Paço das Artes
1978 - Campinas SP - Pinturas de Pequena Quadratura [Small-Format Paintings], at Aliança Francesa
1979 - Brasília DF - Group show, at Fundação Cultural do Distrito Federal
1979 - Campinas SP - Group show, at Centro de Convivência Cultural
1979 - Piracicaba SP - Group show, at Paço do Teatro Municipal de Piracicaba
1980 - Campinas SP - Group show, at Galeria Senac
1982 - Campinas SP - Retrospectiva [Retrospective], at MACC
ca. 1982 - São Paulo SP - O Retrato Brasileiro [The Brazilian Portrait], at Paço das Artes
1983 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at CCSP
1984 - Campinas SP - Aquarelas [Watercolors], at Galeria Aquarela Arte Contemporânea
1984 - Campinas SP - Arte Contemporânea de Campinas 1958/1978 [Contemporary Art of Campinas 1958/1978], at Galeria de Arte da Unicamp
1984 - Campinas SP - Obras do Acervo Unicamp [Works from the Unicamp Collection], at Centro de Convivência
1985 - Bratto (Italy) - Coletiva de Verão [Summer Group Show]
1986 - Bari (Italy) - Fiera del Levante [Levant Fair]
1986 - São Paulo SP - Marc Chagall, at Galeria São Paulo
1987 - Brasília DF - Colômbia e Brasil: um poema a cores [Colombia and Brazil: A Poem in Color], at Embaixada da Colômbia
1987 - Salzburg (Austria) - Group show, at Laboratório Z
1988 - Udine (Italy) - Bienal de Udine [Udine Biennial]
1992 - Campinas SP - Premiados nos Salões de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas [Prizewinners of the Campinas Contemporary Art Salons], at MACC
1995 - Campinas SP - Panorama Cultural de Campinas [Campinas Cultural Panorama], at MACC
Source: Itaú Cultural
