Description

This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket, the spine a little sunned. Very clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese. Texts by Margarida Contra Gordinho, and a few others. Georges Wambach, (1901-1965) was born in Antwerp and moved to Brasil in 1935. He was self taught, but became well known after his death, when galleries began collecting and showing his work in Rio de Janeiro in the 1980's. His subjects are landscapes and older buildings in S„o Paulo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Cear·, Bahia, Amazonas, Acre, Par·, etc. About 79 color plates + a number of black & white vintage photographs of the artist and family, colleagues, etc. Most of the works are in the Banco Ita˙ collection. Bibliography. Brief exhibition history and museum collections. 9" high X 11" wide, 139 pages. Scarce. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.