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Most Famous Brazilian Artists & Designers

9,767 A

Aleijadinho Brazilian Sculptor 1738–1814

9,974 CP

Candido Portinari Brazilian Painter 1903–1962

15,361 PM

Paulo Mendes da Rocha Brazilian Architect b. 1928

15,875 TD

Tarsila do Amaral Brazilian Painter 1886–1973

25,181 PA

Pedro Américo Brazilian Painter 1843–1905

44,195 JF José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior Brazilian Painter 1850–1899

51,151 MD

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (Baron of Santo Ângelo) Brazilian Painter 1806–1879

55,145 VB

Victor Brecheret Brazilian Sculptor 1894–1955

59,375 MD

Mauricio de Sousa Brazilian Artist b. 1935

60,239 EV

Eliseu Visconti Brazilian Painter 1866–1944

71,834 BC

Benedito Calixto Brazilian Painter 1853–1927

93,644 T( Tunga (artist) Brazilian Sculptor 1952–2016

122,753 CD Cícero Dias Brazilian Painter 1907–2003

125,762 AM Aldemir Martins Brazilian Painter 1922–2006

127,798 AB

Arthur Bispo do Rosário Brazilian Painter 1909–1989

135,241 JF

José Francisco Borges Brazilian Painter b. 1935

146,920 EB

Ed Benes Brazilian Artist b. 1972

147,308 GD Geraldo de Barros Brazilian Painter 1923–1998

164,932 AD Amílcar de Castro Brazilian Sculptor 1920–2002

168,593 FS

Francisco Stockinger Brazilian Painter 1919–2009

179,717 IC Iberê Camargo Brazilian Painter 1914–1994

212,334 DD Djanira da Motta e Silva Brazilian Painter 1914–1979

266,599 RG

Rosa Grena Kliass Brazilian Architect b. 1932

283,455 BW Bertha Worms Brazilian Painter 1868–1937

291,504 MG Marcelo Grassmann Brazilian Engraver 1925–2013

291,768 MS

Madame Satã Brazilian Artist 1900–1976

306,932 LD

Lucílio de Albuquerque Brazilian Painter 1877–1939

325,383 FP Fulvio Pennacchi Brazilian Painter 1905–1992

393,871 CH

Clodovil Hernandes Brazilian Fashion Designer 1937–2009

491,192 JL

Judith Lauand Brazilian Artist b. 1922

517,361 MB Miguel Bakun Brazilian Painter 1909–1963

569,268 RC Renato Canini Brazilian Cartoonist 1936–2013

626,090 EK Eliana Kertész Brazilian Sculptor 1945–2017

642,594 AD Abelardo da Hora Brazilian Painter 1924–2014

681,621 AR Alfredo Rizzotti Brazilian Painter 1909–1972

687,435 GJ Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos Brazilian Architect 1892–1985

691,221 GL

George Leuzinger Brazilian Photographer 1813–1892

724,395 PP

Pedro Paulo Bruno Brazilian Painter 1888–1949

739,710 JA José Antônio da Silva Brazilian Painter 1909–1996

740,330 GG

Gilberto Gomes Brazilian Painter b. 1955

742,614 ET

Evandro Teixeira Brazilian Photographer b. 1935

745,156 ES Erico Santos Brazilian Painter b. 1952

763,236 AM

Augusto Malta Brazilian Photographer 1864–1957

795,813 JS Júlio Shimamoto Brazilian Artist b. 1939

811,003 WD Waldomiro de Deus Brazilian Painter b. 1944

839,460 IP

Israel Pedrosa Brazilian Painter 1926–2016

879,129 JA

Jacob Aloys Friederichs Brazilian Sculptor 1868–1950

934,232 ID Inimá de Paula Brazilian Painter 1918–1999

947,882 OD Otacílio de Azevedo Brazilian Painter 1892–1978

954,957 N( Naza (artist) Brazilian Painter b. 1955

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Inside Brazil Artists & Designers

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Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous brazil artists & designers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Brazil Artists & Designers peaked in the 1920s with 10 people.

What Brazil Artists & Designers Are Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

Painter are Brazil Artists & Designers's biggest group — 58% of all notables (37).

Brazil Artists & Designers over-index on painter — 21.2× the global rate.

Painter3758%
Sculptor813%
Architect69.4%
Artist69.4%
Photographer34.7%
Engraver11.6%
Fashion Designer11.6%
Cartoonist11.6%

Painter3721.2×
Sculptor815.3×
Artist614.7×
Architect614.0×