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Franz Josef Weissmann (September 15, 1911 — July 18, 2005) was a Brazilian sculptor born in Austria, emigrating to Brazil with eleven years old. Geometric shapes, like cubes and squares, are strongly featured in his works. == Biography == Born in Knittelfeld, Austria, Franz Josef Weissmann came to Brasil in 1921. In Rio de Janeiro, between 1939 and 1941, he attended architecture, painting, drawing and sculpture classes at Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (Emba). From 1942 to 1944, he studied drawing, sculpture, modeling and foundry with August Zamoyski. In 1945,he moved to Belo Horizonte, where he taught drawing and sculpture in particular classes. Three years later Alberto da Veiga Guignard invites him to teach at Escola do Parque, later named Escola Guignard. Weissmann's early works were mainly figurative .From 1950 on, he gradually developed a constructivist style, favoring geometric shapes, cutting and folding sheets of iron, steel wires and aluminum. He joins Grupo Frente, in 1955. The next year, he returns to no Rio de Janeiro and participates of the Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta in 1957. He was one of the founders of Neo-Concrete movement, in 1959. In that year Weissman travels to Europe and East Asia, returning to Brazil in 1965. In the 1960s, Weissman exhibits the series of sculptures ''Amassados'' (''Dented''), which he created in Europe with hammered zinc and aluminum sheets, aligning himself briefly to informalism. Posteriorly he came back to the constructivist works. In 1970 he was awarded the best sculptor by Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) and participates of the International Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, in Antwerp, Belgium, and of the Venice Biennale. Weissman made several public art sculptures for Brazilian cities, like at Praça da Sé, in São Paulo and at Parque da Catacumba, in Rio de Janeiro.He kept studios in Belo Horizonte (1950); Madrid, (1962) and Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro (1956 and 1965). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franz Weissmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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