Cultural ContributionsArts

The richness of art comes from its power to stir peoples' emotions and influence their vision of the world. In this way, art helps construct the identity of each social group. By sponsoring studies and then later elaborating books on the topic, Odebrecht contributes so that increasingly more people may enjoy this experience.

Over recent years, the Organization has supported projects on the modernism of Tarsila do Amaral, the lenses of Cravo Neto, the Bahia of Caymmi, the classics of Villa-Lobos, the cordel of Elomar, the talent of Clarival do Prado Valladares and the paintings of Lula Cardoso Ayres, Alberto Valença and Portinari, among other important artists.

This archive presents works on the most diverse art forms, such as music, painting, sculpture, poetry, tapestry and pottery.

 

Brazilian Bromeliads - Watercolours by Margareth Mee

The English botanical illustrator Margaret Mee (1909-1988) arrived to Brazil in 1952 and dedicated her work to discovering and immortalizing a large number of rare native species. A sample of her talent can be found in Brazilian Bromeliads – Watercolors by Margaret Mee.

The album reproduces bromeliads from different parts of Brazil – the Northeast, Mato Grosso and São Paulo – painted in watercolor during the 1960s. The project was published in 1992 in a limited series of 500 numbered companies and with a text in English by Maria das Graças L. Wanderley.