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Antonio Dias

Antonio Dias (1944 - 2018) was active/lived in Italy, Brazil.  Antonio Dias is known for Non objective, abstract painting, urban 'underbelly' symbolism.

"Antonio Dias, Brazilian Artist Who Poked the Generals, Dies at 74," Obituary, by Jason Farago, The New York Times, Aug. 6, 2018

Antonio Dias, a Brazilian artist whose early, hot-colored paintings needled his country’s military dictatorship, and who later turned to subtly political conceptual art while in self-imposed European exile, died on Aug. 1 in Rio de Janeiro. He was 74.
The cause was a brain tumor, said Galeria Nara Roesler in São Paulo, which represents Mr. Dias. He was also being treated for lung cancer at the Clínica São Vicente, a hospital in Rio.
In the mid-1960s Mr. Dias emerged as the leading figure of Nova Figuração (New Figuration), a movement in Brazilian painting that used bold, graphic imagery to contest Brazil’s junta, which took power in 1964.
Within thickly outlined frames of black, he painted comic-like tableaus of soldiers scuffling with bearded hippies, of looming mushroom clouds, and of a skeleton wearing a military uniform and beating   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7451 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Antonio Dias

   Antonio Dias  Born:  1944 - Campina Grande, Brazil
Died:   2018 - Riio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for:  Non objective, abstract painting, urban 'underbelly' symbolism

"Antonio Dias, Brazilian Artist Who Poked the Generals, Dies at 74," Obituary, by Jason Farago, The New York Times, Aug. 6, 2018

Antonio Dias, a Brazilian artist whose early, hot-colored paintings needled his country’s military dictatorship, and who later turned to subtly political conceptual art while in self-imposed European exile, died on Aug. 1 in Rio de Janeiro. He was 74.
The cause was a brain tumor, said Galeria Nara Roesler in São Paulo, which represents Mr. Dias. He was also being treated for lung cancer at the Clínica São Vicente, a hospital in Rio.
In the mid-1960s Mr. Dias emerged as the leading figure of Nova Figuração (New Figuration), a movement in Brazilian painting that used bold, graphic imagery to cont  ...  Displaying 750 of 7451 characters.

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