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Frans Krajcberg (12 April 1921 – 15 November 2017) was a Polish-born Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer. Known for his environmental activism, Krajcberg denounced the destruction of the Brazilian forests, using materials such as burnt wood from illegal forest fires in his artworks.[1]

Frans Krajcberg
Krajcberg in 1985
Born	(1921-04-12)12 April 1921 Kozienice, Kozienice County, Poland
Died	15 November 2017(2017-11-15) (aged 96) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Occupation	Painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer

Biography

A Polish Jew, Krajcberg was born in Kozienice in 1921. He fought in the Polish Army during World War II. After the war, Krajcberg sought refuge in the Soviet Union, where he studied engineering and art at the Leningrad State University. He then studied in Germany at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, where he was a student of Willi Baumeister.[1] Krajcberg came to Brazil in 1948 and participated in the eighth São Paulo Biennial in 1951. During the 1940s he produced abstract art. From 1948 to 1954 he traveled between Paris, Ibiza and Rio de Janeiro, where he made his first nature-based art works.

In 1956, Krajcberg moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he shared a studio with the sculptor Franz Weissmann. He became a naturalized Brazilian the following year.^{[citation needed]} In 1964, Krajcberg made his first sculptures with cedar wood. He made several trips to the Amazon Forest and Pantanal, photographing and documenting deforestation, as well as gathering materials for his works, like roots and charred tree trunks. In the 1970s his burnt wood sculptures received international attention.^{[citation needed]}

Sítio Natura

Krajcberg lived in the south of Bahia from 1972 on, where he kept his studio on the Sítio Natura farm in Nova Viçosa.[2]

Death

Krajcberg died on 15 November 2017, aged 96, at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

See also

• List of Brazilian painters

References

External links

• Frans Krajcberg profile on Itaú Cultural.

На других языках

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[de] Frans Krajcberg

Frans Krajcberg (* 12. April 1921 in Kozienice, Polen; † 15. November 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien[1]) war ein Bildhauer, Maler, Fotograf und ab 1957 brasilianischer Staatsbürger.

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- [en] Frans Krajcberg

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[es] Frans Krajcberg

Frans Krajcberg (Kozienice, Polonia; 12 de abril de 1921-Río de Janeiro, Brasil; 15 de noviembre de 2017[1]) fue un guionista, pintor, escultor, grabador y fotógrafo, nacido en Polonia y naturalizado brasileño. En 2008, recibió el gran premio de la APCA.

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[fr] Frans Krajcberg

Frans Krajcberg, né à Kozienice en Pologne le 10 avril 1921 et mort le 15 novembre 2017 à Rio de Janeiro au Brésil[1], est un ingénieur, peintre, sculpteur et photographe polonais puis brésilien en 1956.

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