Newton Rezende (São Paulo SP 1912 - Rio de Janeiro RJ 1994)
Newton Rezende was a painter, draftsman, printmaker and sculptor. Self-taught in painting, Newton de Rezende Silva traveled to Buenos Aires in 1946, where he worked as an advertising artist. Back in Brazil, he settled in Rio de Janeiro and held his first solo exhibition at the Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - IAB/RJ [Institute of Architects of Brazil]. In 1962, he took part in the International Advertising Competition in Miami, United States, receiving an honorable mention. In 1968, he was elected Director of the Year by the Clube dos Diretores de Arte do Brasil [Art Directors Club of Brazil]. In 1980, Ferreira Gullar (1930 - 2016) wrote a book about his work, published by Galeria Bonino. He was honored by Rede Globo on the program Noite Única [Unique Night], in 1983, and by Riotur in 1986.
Critiques
"(...) But the experimenter who had been imprisoned in Newton Rezende, set free for his life, would not stop. Now, freed from the first instrumental resources, others began to emerge, tentatively, in his painting: first, certain collages of old photographs, cut out in faithful accordance with the time of memory, suggesting a dating for its substance; soon after, without abandoning those, collages of typefaces cut from books and magazines, old or modern, in allusive details, in complete words, in pulverized words or in near-words, to thematic obsessions that were ideological, affective and even political; finally, inlays of coins or medals or other small objects - all to construct a permanent presence of the past in the historical man that each of us is, even when seeking to be completely detached from his before and a mere proposition of a project after or now".
Antônio Houaiss
PONTUAL, Roberto. Dicionário das artes plásticas no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1969.
"A figurative painter who strictly speaking cannot be claimed by any movement or trend, Newton Rezende combines in his work marked gifts of lyricism with a good-humored conception of beings and things, instilling in them a slight surrealist note. His is a free painting, well articulated in its craftsmanship, which plays while barely concealing the emotion with which it faces certain themes: true art, free of theories and prejudices of any kind, (...)"
José Roberto Teixeira Leite
LEITE, José Roberto Teixeira. Dicionário crítico da pintura no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Artlivre, 1988.
Solo Exhibitions
1948 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at IAB/RJ
1950 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Diretório Acadêmico da Enba
1962 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Fátima
1962 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Ambiente
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Ambiente/Spazio
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Fátima
1966 - Niterói RJ - Solo, at Biblioteca Municipal
1967 - Niterói RJ - Solo, at Galeria Diálogo
1968 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Relevo
1969 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1970 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1971 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at MAC/USP
1971 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at MAB/Faap
1972 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1973 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Ipanema
1974 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1975 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Ipanema
1977 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1978 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Ipanema
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1982 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Casagrande Galeria de Arte
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Saramenha
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Retrospectiva de 1972 a 1983 [Retrospective from 1972 to 1983], at Galeria Ipanema
1983 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Ipanema
1985 - Resende RJ - Solo, at MAM/Resende
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1990 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
Group Exhibitions
1970 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Masp
1973 - São Paulo SP - 1ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [1st Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1974 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - O Mar [The Sea], at Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1974 - São Paulo SP - 6º Panorama de Arte Atual Brasileira [6th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art], at MAM/SP
1974 - Tokyo (Japan) - Dez Artistas Brasileiros [Ten Brazilian Artists]
1977 - Atami (Japan) - 3ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1977 - Brasília DF - Arte Brasileira Contemporânea, Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand [Contemporary Brazilian Art, Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection]
1977 - Kyoto (Japan) - 3ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1977 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1977 - São Paulo SP - 3ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1977 - Tokyo (Japan) - 3ª Exposição de Belas Artes Brasil-Japão [3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition]
1977 - Tokyo (Japan) - Dez Artistas Brasileiros [Ten Brazilian Artists]
1977 - Washington D. C. (United States) - Recent Latin American Drawings
1979 - São Paulo SP - 11º Panorama de Arte Atual Brasileira [11th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art], at MAM/SP
1981 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria A M Niemeyer
1981 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Universo do Carnaval: imagens e reflexões [The Universe of Carnival: Images and Reflections], at Acervo Galeria de Arte
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Universo do Futebol [The Universe of Football], at MAM/RJ
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Autorretratos Brasileiros [Brazilian Self-Portraits], at Galeria de Arte Banerj
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Pintura Brasileira Atuante [Active Brazilian Painting], at Espaço Petrobras
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas [8th National Visual Arts Salon], at MAM/RJ
1986 - São Paulo SP - Tempo de Madureza [Time of Maturity], at Ranulpho Galeria de Arte
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Mostra Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand [Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection Exhibition], at MAM/RJ
1987 - São Paulo SP - 15 Anos de Exposição Brasil-Japão [15 Years of the Brazil-Japan Exhibition], at Fundação Mokiti Okada M.O.A.
1988 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 15 Anos de Exposição Brasil-Japão [15 Years of the Brazil-Japan Exhibition]
1991 - São Paulo SP - Chico e os Bichos [Chico and the Animals], at Ranulpho Galeria de Arte
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - A Caminho de Niterói: Coleção João Sattamini [On the Way to Niterói: João Sattamini Collection], at Paço Imperial
Posthumous Exhibitions
2003 - São Paulo SP - Arte e Sociedade: uma relação polêmica [Art and Society: A Controversial Relationship], at Itaú Cultural
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte em Movimento [Art in Motion], at Espaço BNDES
Source: Itaú Cultural
