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Madeleine Colaço was French, born in Moroccos. To French-American

parents, and became Brazilian through naturalization. She was married to

Portuguese writer Ribeiro Colaço and moved with him to Brazil in 1940.

She studied tapestry in Morocco and in France, and discovered the

embroidery stitch which is known as the "Brazilian Stitch" and is

registered at the Centre International de la Tapisserie in Lausanne,

Switzerland.

She exhibited her tapestries for the first time in Rio de Janeiro in

1963, and from then on, carried out more than 46 solo exhibitions

worldwide: at the Chateau de Lucens in Lausanne, at Galerie Prinzhorn in

Vienna, at the Palais de Congrès in Brussels, at the Maison de

l'Amérique Latine in Monaco, at the Kansas State Museum in the USA, and

at the Musée d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky in Nice, France. On nine

occasions between 1986 and 2007, Galeria Jacques Ardies in São Paulo

held viewings of her new tapestries.

In her words, she declared that: "For me, tapestry is the joy of living.

It's an art that teaches us other arts: (the art of) patience, for

example, or (the art of) research. It was through research that I had

the good fortune of creating the "Brazilian stitch" and being able to

offer it back to Brazil, which has given me so much."

Roberto Pontual wrote: "Her trajectory has always been sunny, luminously

pre-disposed to the warmth of what is festive. Her tapestries, dreamed

visions of the tropics, are unpretentious and exuberant at the same

time".


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All artworks of Madeleine Colaço
Painting, Lamp for who walk, Madeleine Colaço

Lamp for who walk

Madeleine Colaço

Painting - 50.4 x 71.7 x 0.4 inch

$4,517

Painting, Flore tropicale, Madeleine Colaço

Flore tropicale

Madeleine Colaço

Painting - 48.4 x 62.2 x 0.4 inch

$11,293

Painting, Les mangues vertes, Madeleine Colaço

Les mangues vertes

Madeleine Colaço

Painting - 40.9 x 52 x 0.4 inch

$10,728

Painting, La facade en or et bronze, Madeleine Colaço

La facade en or et bronze

Madeleine Colaço

Painting - 49.2 x 66.9 x 0.4 inch

$9,599

Design, Animal, Madeleine Colaço

Animal

Madeleine Colaço

Design - 64.2 x 52.4 x 0.4 inch

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Who is the artist?

Madeleine Colaço was French, born in Moroccos. To French-American

parents, and became Brazilian through naturalization. She was married to

Portuguese writer Ribeiro Colaço and moved with him to Brazil in 1940.

She studied tapestry in Morocco and in France, and discovered the

embroidery stitch which is known as the "Brazilian Stitch" and is

registered at the Centre International de la Tapisserie in Lausanne,

Switzerland.

She exhibited her tapestries for the first time in Rio de Janeiro in

1963, and from then on, carried out more than 46 solo exhibitions

worldwide: at the Chateau de Lucens in Lausanne, at Galerie Prinzhorn in

Vienna, at the Palais de Congrès in Brussels, at the Maison de

l'Amérique Latine in Monaco, at the Kansas State Museum in the USA, and

at the Musée d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky in Nice, France. On nine

occasions between 1986 and 2007, Galeria Jacques Ardies in São Paulo

held viewings of her new tapestries.

In her words, she declared that: "For me, tapestry is the joy of living.

It's an art that teaches us other arts: (the art of) patience, for

example, or (the art of) research. It was through research that I had

the good fortune of creating the "Brazilian stitch" and being able to

offer it back to Brazil, which has given me so much."

Roberto Pontual wrote: "Her trajectory has always been sunny, luminously

pre-disposed to the warmth of what is festive. Her tapestries, dreamed

visions of the tropics, are unpretentious and exuberant at the same

time".

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When was Madeleine Colaço born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1907