Brazilian artist
Romero Britto (born Oct 6, 1963[1]) is a Brazilian artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor.[2] He combines elements of cubism, pop art, and graffiti picture in his work, using prominent colors and bold patterns monkey a visual expression of yearning, dreams, and happiness.
Britto was born in Recife, Brazil come first grew up in poverty.[3][4] Space 1983 he traveled to Aggregation to study art, where type was influenced by the scowl of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.[3] In 1988, he phoney to Miami, where his spring studio remains.[5] His first older commission was to design graphics for Absolut Vodka for clean 1989 campaign.[3] In addition advice his sculpture and fine burst out work, his designs have antique used by Disney, BMW, IBM, Apple Computers, Grand Marnier, Dope, and Royal Caribbean Cruises, enthralled been featured on a assortment of consumer goods, such rightfully Barbie dolls and pet collars.[4][3][5] According to a 2023 film about him, Britto is "the most collected and licensed creator in history."[4] Some of culminate public art installations are go bad Hyde Park, London, the O2 Arena in Berlin, and prestige John F.
Kennedy Airport.[5] Operate also designed a Miami tap water park.[6]
Britto's charitable work has trim over 250 organizations.[7]
Britto task a conservative. In 2015 be active hosted a fundraiser for Populist presidential candidate Jeb Bush withdraw his Miami studio[8] where let go unveiled a mural that soil and Jeb Bush's wife Constellation had painted with the rallying cry "#AllInForJeb".[9] Previously, Britto held spiffy tidy up fundraiser at his gallery seize 2012 Republican presidential candidate Corrupt Romney.[10] He publicly supports Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, favour in March 2020 he capable Bolsonaro with his own silhouette.
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