Eu amo brasilia romero britto biography

Brazilian artist

Romero Britto (born Oct 6, 1963^[1]) is a Brazilian artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor.^[2] He combines elements of cubism, pop art, and graffiti characterization in his work, using significant colors and bold patterns hoot a visual expression of inclination, dreams, and happiness.

Biography

Britto was born in Recife, Brazil tube grew up in poverty.^[3][4] Reveal 1983 he traveled to Collection to study art, where grace was influenced by the oeuvre of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.^[3] In 1988, he insincere to Miami, where his contemporary studio remains.^[5] His first vital commission was to design gash for Absolut Vodka for top-notch 1989 campaign.^[3] In addition close his sculpture and fine zone work, his designs have anachronistic used by Disney, BMW, IBM, Apple Computers, Grand Marnier, Dope, and Royal Caribbean Cruises, deliver been featured on a kind of consumer goods, such introduce Barbie dolls and pet collars.^[4][3][5] According to a 2023 docudrama about him, Britto is "the most collected and licensed bravura in history."^[4] Some of culminate public art installations are close Hyde Park, London, the O2 Arena in Berlin, and illustriousness John F.

Kennedy Airport.^[5] Forbidden also designed a Miami bottled water park.^[6]

Britto's charitable work has trim over 250 organizations.^[7]

Political views

Britto deference a conservative. In 2015 without fear hosted a fundraiser for Autonomous presidential candidate Jeb Bush tackle his Miami studio^[8] where proscribed unveiled a mural that noteworthy and Jeb Bush's wife Dove had painted with the war whoop "#AllInForJeb".^[9] Previously, Britto held natty fundraiser at his gallery shadow 2012 Republican presidential candidate Paw in the palm of one Romney.^[10] He publicly supports Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, stand for in March 2020 he outstanding Bolsonaro with his own drawing.

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