Vicente Leite (Crato CE 1900 - Rio de Janeiro RJ 1941)
Painter and draftsman.
Vicente Rosal Ferreira Leite received a scholarship from the government of Ceará around 1920. He moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he attended the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes - Enba [National School of Fine Arts] between 1920 and 1926, taking classes with Baptista da Costa, Rodolfo Chambelland and Lucílio de Albuquerque. In 1940, he received the travel prize to Europe, but was unable to make use of it because of the war.
Critiques
"Vicente Leite established himself as a landscape painter of considerable sensitivity. Although his paintings are weak in composition, they are painted in direct obedience to visual impression, and in the Northeastern scenes, above all, one perceives a constant of dry tones, reminiscent of the scorched lands of Ceará".
José Maria dos Reis Júnior
REIS JÚNIOR, José Maria dos. História da pintura no Brasil. Prefácio de Oswaldo Teixeira. São Paulo: Leia, 1944.
"Vicente Leite was a landscape painter on the path opened by his teacher Baptista da Costa. He did not lack chromatic and linear sensitivity, but his compositions lacked greater formal invention and greater interest in their handling. He was, in truth, a conservative, all the more hampered because he did not fully develop a style, since he died at 41 without fulfilling his promise".
José Roberto Teixeira Leite
LEITE, José Roberto Teixeira. Dicionário crítico da pintura no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Artlivre, 1988.
Solo Exhibitions
1936 - São Paulo SP - Solo
Group Exhibitions
1924 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salão da Primavera [Spring Salon], at Liceu de Artes e Ofícios
1924 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 31ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [31st General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba - honorable mention
1925 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 32ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [32nd General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba
1926 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1º Salão de Outono [1st Autumn Salon]
1926 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 33ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [33rd General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba - bronze medal
1927 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 34ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [34th General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba
1928 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 35ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [35th General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba
1929 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 36ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [36th General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba - silver medal
1929 - Rosario (Argentina) - Salão de Rosário [Rosario Salon]
1930 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 37ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [37th General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba
1931 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salão Revolucionário [Revolutionary Salon], at Enba
1933 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 39ª Exposição Geral de Belas Artes [39th General Exhibition of Fine Arts], at Enba
1934 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3º Salão do Núcleo Bernardelli [3rd Núcleo Bernardelli Salon], at Enba
1935 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 41º Salão Nacional de Belas Artes [41st National Salon of Fine Arts], at Enba - domestic travel prize
1935 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salão Municipal de Belas Artes [Municipal Fine Arts Salon], at Sociedade Brasileira de Belas Artes
1936 - São Paulo SP - 4º Salão Paulista de Belas Artes [4th São Paulo Fine Arts Salon]
1937 - São Paulo SP - 5º Salão Paulista de Belas Artes [5th São Paulo Fine Arts Salon] - bronze medal
1939 - Porto Alegre RS - 1º Salão do Instituto de Belas Artes do Rio Grande do Sul [1st Salon of the Rio Grande do Sul Institute of Fine Arts], at Instituto de Belas Artes
1939 - São Paulo SP - 6º Salão Paulista de Belas Artes [6th São Paulo Fine Arts Salon] - silver medal
1940 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 46º Salão Nacional de Belas Artes [46th National Fine Arts Salon], at MNBA - foreign travel prize
1940 - São Paulo SP - 7º Salão Paulista de Belas Artes [7th São Paulo Fine Arts Salon], at Salão de Arte Almeida Júnior da Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo
1941 - New York (United States) - Salão de Arte Contemporânea do Hemisfério Ocidental [Contemporary Art of the Western Hemisphere Salon]
Posthumous Exhibitions
1980 - São Paulo SP - A Paisagem Brasileira: 1650-1976 [The Brazilian Landscape: 1650-1976], at Paço das Artes
1984 - Fortaleza CE - 7º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas [7th National Visual Arts Salon]
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salão de 31 [The 1931 Salon], at Funarte
1989 - Fortaleza CE - Arte Brasileira dos Séculos XIX e XX nas Coleções Cearenses: pinturas e desenhos [19th- and 20th-Century Brazilian Art in Ceará Collections: Paintings and Drawings], at Espaço Cultural da Unifor
1995 - Belém PA - Caminhos das Águas [Paths of the Waters], at Mabe
Source: Itaú Cultural
