Amelia Amorim Toledo (São Paulo, SP, 1926 - Cotia, SP, 2017) was a Brazilian sculptor, painter, draftsman and designer. With a career that expanded over fifty years, Toledo explored multiple artistic languages, techniques, materials, and production methods. She is considered to be one of the pioneers of Brazilian contemporary art. The only child to Lucilia and Moacyr Amorim, Amelia Toledo was influenced as a teenager by her father's work as a scientist. In his lab, she learnt the principles of histology and of microscope manipulation, which ultimately inspired her explorations with color, shapes, and materials. Her interest with the natural world is reflected in her choice of materials (ranging from rocks, to seashells, to snails, to soap bubbles) and landscape representations. Toledo dropped out of high school to pursue a career in art. In 1939, she studied under the painter Anita Malfatti and begins working with watercolors. Inspired by constructivism, she started designing jewelry and objects in 1943. That same year, she worked as a dafter in the office of Vilanova Artigas, and started studying drawing and painting with Yoshiya Takaoka, who would tutor her until 1947. The following year, she took lessons with Waldemar da Costa. More information...
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