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Anita Catarina Malfatti (São Paulo, 2 de dezembro de 1889 — São Paulo, 6 de novembro de 1964) foi uma pintora, desenhista, gravadora e professora brasileira.

A Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922

Após a enorme confusão causada por Monteiro Lobato, a vida de Anita Malfatti começou a ter certa normalidade, o tempo que se seguiu após a exposição, foi de assimilação do novo, da percepção daquilo que até então não fora nem sonhado.

“Parece absurdo, mas aqueles quadros foram a revelação. E ilhados na enchente que tomara conta da cidade, nós, três ou quatro, delirávamos de êxtase diante de obras que se chamavam O homem amarelo, A mulher de cabelos verdes.”

“Assisti bem de perto essa luta sagrada e palavra que considero a vida artística de Anita Malfatti um desses dramas pesados que o isolamento dos indivíduos apaga para sempre feito segredo mortal.O povo passa, povo olha o quadroe tudo neste mostra vontade e calma bem definidas.O povo segue seu caminho depois de ter aplaudido a obra boa sem saber que poder de miserinhas cotidianas maiores que o Pão de Açúcar aquela artista bebeu diariamente com o café da manhã” Mário de Andrade.

Após o périodo de recesso, a Semana de Arte Moderna, mais uma vez, movimentou a vida artística insípida de São Paulo. Anita participou dela com 22 trabalhos.

“Recordo-me que no dia da inauguração, o velho conselheiro Antônio Prado, com grande espanto da comitiva, quis comprar meu quadro O homem amarelo, porém, Mário de Andrade acabava de adiquiri-lo. A plantinha havia vingado”

” Foi a noitada das surpresas. O povo estava muito inquieto, mas não houve vaias. O teatro completamente cheio. Os ânimos estavam fermentando; o ambiente eletrizante, pois que não sabiam como nos enfrentar. Era o prenúncio da tempestade que arrebentaria na segunda noitada”

Anita estava feliz entre o círculo modernista, uma vez que eles vinham de encontro à suas aspirações artisticas, entraria também para o comentado grupo dos cinco .

fonte: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Malfatti

Anita Catarina Malfatti (December 2, 1889 – November 6, 1964) is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European (more) and American (less) forms of Modernism to Brazil. Her solo exposition in Sao Paulo from 1917-1918 was extraordinarily controversial at the time, and her expressionist style and subject were revolutionary for the rather complacently old fashioned art expectations of Brazilians who were searching for a national identity in art, but who were not at all prepared for the influences Malfatti would bring to the country. Malfatti’s presence was also highly felt during the Week of Modern Art (Semana de Arte Moderna) in 1922, where she and the Group of Five made huge revolutionary changes in the structure and response to modern art in Brazil.

Formal Training

Malfatti’s studies began in Mackenzie College in São Paulo, but the limited world of art in Brazil was not enough to satiate her curious mind and so she left for Berlin in 1912. Europe still remained an extremely important agent in defining artistic tendencies during this era. Hence, when Anita Malfatti went to Germany and studied with important artists Fritz Burger-Muhlfeld (1867-1927), Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) and Ernst Bischoff-Culm her influences and creative exposure were inflated. During this period she studied German Expressionism. German Expressionism emphasized the color pallette and artists were expected to paint with expressive amounts of emotion that was emphasized and where subjects of the work was frequently altered or jarred. A huge influence in her artistic style lay in her exposure to the Armory Show in Cologne from May to September 1912. At the show a conglomoration of artists were exposed. Although there were many post-impressionist painters exhibited, Cubism stole the show by far. Homer Boss was included in the show and Malfatti went to study with him in New York in 1915. Malfatti also studied under artists George Bridgman, Dimitri Romanoffsky (s.d.-1971), however it was her experience with Homer Boss at the Independent School of Art that was most influential. Homer Boss was a huge impact on Malfatti’s style because of his comprehensive studies of the human anatomy. He stressed the idea of understanding the muscular body and it helped for Malfatti to hone her own technique. New York was central in celebrating Cubism and Malfatti was an exceptional student within the Independent School of Art. Thus she was exposed to American and European styles, which by the early twentieth centuries were even being forged together. Europe and America’s views on Modernism included a subjective treatment toward subjects as well as a highly repellent attitude towards the artistic movements proceeding modernism such as Realism or Romanticism. Malfatti’s exposure to the European and American world of art allowed her a glimpse into an artistic world that she could never have known in São Paulo and gave her the more global viewpoint that she would pass on to other artists as well.

fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Malfatti