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Tito Soares

Rodrigo Bueno2020

Pinacoteca de São Paulo

Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tito Soares was enslaved and trafficked from the hinterlands of Central Africa to Brazil when he was about 9 years old. Baptized with the Christian name Tito, he was sold to a powerful farmer in Vila de São Carlos, now Campinas, São Paulo, in 1829. Working as a barber, he gained a great reputation in the “art of healing,” especially during the smallpox epidemic. In 1865, Tito won his and his family’s freedom and became known as Master Tito. Now there is a street named in his honor in Campinas.

Details

  • Title: Tito Soares
  • Creator: Rodrigo Bueno
  • Date Created: 2020
  • Physical Dimensions: 84,5 x 63,5 x 12 cm (Suporte)
  • Provenance: Projeto Enciclopédia Negra (Companhia das Letras em parceria com a Pinacoteca de São Paulo, apoio do Instituto Ibirapitanga e colaboração do Instituto Soma Cidadania Criativa). Doação do artista, por intermédio da Associação Pinacoteca Arte e Cultura - APAC - em processo.
  • Type: Pintura
  • Medium: oil on jacarandá veneer

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