Manabu Mabe - Abstrato -1989
Manabu Mabe - Abstrato -1989 - Oil over canvas
Dimensions: 20,07 in x 20,07 in (51 cm x 51 cm)
Manabu Mabe (1924 to 1997)
Pioneer of abstracionism in Brazil, Manabu Mabe was a brazilian naturalized japanese painter, designer and upholsterer. In 1934 he arrived in Brazil with his family aboard the ship La Plata Maru to work in the coffee plantations of Lins city, interior of São Paulo. He had a poor childhood, adapting an atelier in the middle of plantations to paint dead natures and landscapes. He performed his first solo exhibition in São Paulo,1948, merging the oriental calligraphy with the painting made with stains. The following year he attended the National Hall of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 he won the painting award at the II Bienal Internacional de São Paulo. In 1956 he attended the Biennal of Art of Japan. In 1959 obtained the award of best national painter of the V Bienal de São Paulo and the international highlight at the Paris Biennal. Some of his works, about 153 artworks, with estimate value of more than $ 1,240.000 were lost at sea on january 30,1979, when the Boeing 707-323 Varig Cargo disappeared over the ocean about 30 minutes after takeoff in Tokyo. Mabe held in 1986 a restropective at the Museum of Art of São Paulo (MASP) and released a book with 156 reproductions of his work. His works are found in the museums of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Contemporary Art of Boston and the Fine Arts of Dallas, among others.