1975Nominee
Best Performance
Volpi
Alfredo Volpi
Actor
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
April 14, 1896
Biography
Alfredo Volpi was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil, became a Brazilian citizen, and lived there for the majority of his life. He was one of the most important artists of the so-called Grupo Santa Helena, formed in the 1930s with Francisco Rebolo, Clóvis Graciano, Mario Zanini, Fulvio Pennacchi, and others.
Photo
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites