Afrânio de Melo Franco
2010
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Bruno Giorgi
Brazilian, 1905–1993
WA-00023742
Mococa, Brazil
SculptureGeometric Abstraction
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- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
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Bruno Giorgi was a Brazilian sculptor whose monumental public works in stone and bronze became defining features of postwar urban landscapes in Brazil. Working from the 1940s onward, he developed a modernist vocabulary that merged geometric abstraction with figural mass, creating forms that addressed the relationship between the human body and architectural space. His sculptures were installed in major civic and institutional settings across Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, establishing him as a central figure in Brazilian sculptural modernism during the country's period of rapid urban expansion.
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- 1957 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1986 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1967 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1989 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1979 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1959 · Wikidata · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- — · Wikidata · 4 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
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- — · Wikidata · 4 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 2010 · Wikidata · 3 provWikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_url
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