Pear and Cherry
1965 · Acrylic and collage on paper on board
11 x 7" (27.7 x 17.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Carlos Scliar
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Carlos Scliar was a Brazilian painter and muralist whose work emerged from the postwar modernist movement in São Paulo. Working primarily in oil and fresco, he developed a distinctive approach to figuration that synthesized European constructivism with Brazilian social realism. His murals and easel paintings addressed themes of labor, dignity, and urban life with formal rigor and expressive intensity. Scliar remained committed to socially engaged art throughout his career, maintaining a practice rooted in direct observation and formal experimentation.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
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