Augusto Bracet (Rio de Janeiro, 14 August 1881 – Rio de Janeiro, 1960) was a Brazilian painter, drawer and professor.

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Augusto Bracet
Born	(1881-08-14)August 14, 1881 Rio de Janeiro
Died	24 August 1960(1960-08-24) (aged 79) Rio de Janeiro
Nationality	Brazilian
Known for	Painter, decorator and professor

Biography

Graduated from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (ENBA). Was a pupil of the painters Zeferino da Costa, Daniel Bérard, Rodolpho Amoêdo, and Baptista da Costa.

Bracet dedicated himself to landscapes, the human figure and occasionally to historical themes.

In 1911, he won the Foreign Travel Prize and moved to Italy and France, studying with Morelli and Louis Billoul.

He returned to Brazil in 1914, and in 1926 was made acting professor of painting in the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes and became a permanent professor the next year.

Was acting director of the School between 1938 and 1945 and permanent director from 1945 to 1948.

Main works

• A traição de Judas (The treason of Judas)
• Lindóia
• Primeiros Sons do Hino Nacional (First hearing of Independence Anthem)

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References

• BRAGA, Teodoro. Artistas pintores no Brasil. São Paulo: São Paulo Edit., 1942.
• PONTUAL, Roberto. Dicionário das artes plásticas no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1969.
• BRACET, Augusto. 100 anos de Augusto Bracet from 1981 with 55 pages.
• NEISTEIN, José. A Arte no Brasil: dos primórdios ao século vinte, uma bibliografia seleta from 1997 with 535 pages.
• LOUZADA, Júlio. Artes plásticas Brasil from 1986 with 60 pages.
• "Augusto Bracet". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
• "AUGUSTO Bracet". ENCICLOPÉDIA Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras. Itaú Cultural. 2020. ISBN 978-85-7979-060-7. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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