Felícia Leirner
She was born in Warsaw and arrived in Brazil in 1927. At the age of 44, she began studying sculpture with the photographer Victor Brecheret. Her early work belonged to the figurative phase (1950–58).
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Felícia Leirner
Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo/ Acervo do extinto Jornal "Aqui São Paulo" adquirido da herdeira do jornal Débora Leão Wainer de Oliveira em 1989 pelo Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo. ht · Public domain
- Name
- Felícia Leirner
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- 1996
- Place of death
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Field
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · artist
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Languages
- Portuguese
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She was born in Warsaw and arrived in Brazil in 1927. At the age of 44, she began studying sculpture with the photographer Victor Brecheret. Her early work belonged to the figurative phase (1950–58).
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She initially created isolated figures. In 1953 and 1955, she participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial. In 1955, she received an award from the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro. Her sculptures were incorporated into the collections of the São Paulo Museum of Art and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. She died in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo in 1996.
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• Name — Felícia Leirner • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Died — 1996 • Place of death — São Paulo, Brazil • Field — Sculpture • Illustration — The bronze Colunas (1975–76) by Felícia Leirner
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1904
Felícia Leirner born at Warsaw.
1996
Felícia Leirner died at São Paulo.
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