Floriano Teixeira (Cajapió MA 1923 - Salvador BA 2000)
Painter, draftsman, printmaker, set designer.
Floriano de Araújo Teixeira began studying drawing in São Luís with Rubens Damasceno in 1935, and painting with João Lázaro de Figueiredo (1911 - 1981) in 1940. In 1949, he took part in founding the Núcleo Eliseu Visconti. Two years later, in Fortaleza, he helped create the Grupo dos Independentes [Independents Group] with Antonio Bandeira (1922 - 1967) and Siqueira (1917 - 1997). In 1962, he organized and directed the Museu de Arte da Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFCE. He illustrated several books, notably Dona Flor e seus Dois Maridos [Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands], A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D'Água [The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell] and O Menino Grapiúna [The Grapiúna Boy] - all by Jorge Amado (1912 - 2001) - and A Terra dos Meninos Pelados [The Land of the Hairless Boys], by Graciliano Ramos (1892 - 1953).
Solo Exhibitions
1949 - Fortaleza CE - Solo, at Sociedade Pró-Arte
1964 - Salvador BA - Solo, at MAM/BA
1965 - Salvador BA - Solo, at Galeria Convivium
1966 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Astreia
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1969 - Fortaleza CE - Solo, at Museu de Arte da UFCE
1971 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Bonfiglioli
1975 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at A Galeria
1976 - Salvador BA - Solo, at Tempo Galeria de Arte
1979 - Salvador BA - Solo, at Kátia Galeria de Arte
1982 - Estoril (Portugal) - Solo, at Galeria de Arte do Cassino Estoril
1983 - Fortaleza CE - Solo, at BIC
1984 - Salvador BA - Solo, at Galeria Época
1985 - Salvador BA - O Desenho e os Desenhos de Floriano Teixeira [Drawing and the Drawings of Floriano Teixeira], at Núcleo de Arte do Desenbanco
Group Exhibitions
1941 - São Luís MA - 1st Salão de Dezembro [December Salon] - 1st prize
1942 - São Luís MA - 2nd Salão de Dezembro [December Salon]
1948 - Fortaleza CE - 4th Salão de Abril [April Salon]
1949 - São Luís MA - 1st Interstate Salon
1950 - Fortaleza CE - 6th Salão de Abril [April Salon]
1952 - Fortaleza CE - 1st Salon of Independents
1952 - Fortaleza CE - 8th Salão de Abril [April Salon] - 1st prize
1953 - Fortaleza CE - 2nd Salon of Independents
1953 - Fortaleza CE - 9th Salão de Abril [April Salon] - 1st prize
1954 - Fortaleza CE - 3rd Salon of Independents
1956 - Fortaleza CE - 12th Salão de Abril [April Salon]
1957 - Fortaleza CE - 13th Salão de Abril [April Salon] - 1st prize
1962 - Fortaleza CE - Inaugural exhibition of the Museu de Arte da UFCE
1963 - Salvador BA - Seis Artistas Cearenses [Six Artists from Ceará], at MAM/BA
1966 - Salvador BA - 1st National Visual Arts Biennial - grand prize
1969 - São Paulo SP - 1st Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1970 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Marte 21
1973 - Brasília DF - Group show, at Galeria Múltipla
1974 - São Paulo SP - 6th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1975 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Ágora
1976 - São Paulo SP - 8th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1980 - Estoril (Portugal) - Group show, at Galeria de Arte do Cassino Estoril
1980 - São Paulo SP - Opening group show of Galeria Grossman
1982 - Salvador BA - A Arte Brasileira da Coleção Odorico Tavares [Brazilian Art in the Odorico Tavares Collection], at Museu Carlos Costa Pinto
1982 - Salvador BA - Bahian Artists, at Galeria de Arte Alberto Bonfiglioli
1982 - Salvador BA - O Espaço da Cultura [The Space of Culture], at Galeria de Arte Alberto Bonfiglioli
1984 - Aracaju SE - Bahian Artists, at J. Inácio Galeria de Arte
1985 - Fortaleza CE - Aldemir Martins, Floriano Teixeira, Pietrina Checcacci, Sérgio Lima and Sérvulo Esmeraldo, at Galeria Ignez Fiuza
1986 - Brasília DF - Bahians in Brasília, at Casa da Manchete
1987 - Salvador BA - Twelve Brazilian Artists, at Anarte Galeria
1987 - Salvador BA - Pinturas Recentes [Recent Paintings], at Escritório de Arte da Bahia
1988 - Salvador BA - The Illustrators of Jorge Amado, at Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado
1990 - Fortaleza CE - Artistas da Casa [House Artists]: Floriano Teixeira, Aldemir Martins, Roberto Galvão, Sérgio Lima, José Guedes and José Mesquita, at Galeria Ignez Fiuza
1991 - Fortaleza CE - Scap: 50 Years, at Imperial Othon Palace Hotel
1992 - Salvador BA - Aldemir Martins e Floriano Teixeira: Desenhos [Aldemir Martins and Floriano Teixeira: Drawings], at Atrivm Galeria de Arte
1997 - Salvador BA - A Toast to Coffee, at Espaço Cafelier
1999 - Curitiba PR - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years, at Fundação Cultural de Curitiba. Solar do Barão
1999 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years, at Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
1999 - Salvador BA - 100 Visual Artists from Bahia, at Museu de Arte Sacra
1999 - Salvador BA - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years, at MAM/BA
1999 - São Paulo SP - Lithography: Fidelity and Memory, at Espaço de Artes Unicid
Source: Itaú Cultural
