Roberto Burle Marx Slide Show

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ROBERTO BURLE MARXBRAZILIAN MODERNIST

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THE MAN

BIRTH:08/04/09

SAO PAULO, BRAZILDEATH:06/04/94RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

PARENTS:CECILIA BURLE(BRAZILIAN) AND

WILLEM MARX (GERMAN)

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GERMANY

! 1928: AT 18, DUE TOPROBLEMS WITH HIS VISIONWAS SENT TO GERMANY

! STAYED FOR 2 YEARS! STUDIED MUSIC AND

PAINTING+ ATTENDEDTHEATER

! FIRST VISIT TO BERLIN-DAHLEM BOTANICAL GARDEN-ITS COLLECTION OFBRAZILLIAN FLORAWERE ARELEVATION TO HIM

! 1930: RETURNED TO BRAZIL

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INTERESTED IN BRAZILS

FLORA

ACTIVE IN

PROTECTIONAND

CONSERVATION

FRIEND OF BRAZILIAN

BOTANISTS AND

BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIKE

HENRIQUE LAHMEYER

ANDMARGARET MEE

WENT ON

EXPEDITIONS

AND EXTENTED HIS

KNOWLEDGE OF RARE,

EXOTIC BRAZILIAN PLANTS

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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

" 1930: studied art inNational

School of Fine Artsin Rio

" greatest influence:

professor and neighbor,

Lucio Costa

" 1932: Costa asked him to

make a garden for Schwartzfamily= START OF CAREER

" 1937: returned to Rio

permanently

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" 1938: commissioned to plan

gardens ofMinistry of Education

and Health, his 1st public

gardens in Rio (reburbished in1988)

" 1946: began design garden for

Odette Monteiro in Correias,one of his best private gardens

" 1947-1955: designed more

private gardens





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" 1949: he + Siegfried (brother)

bought large farm land called Sitio

Santo Antonio de Bica= The Sitio

" 1952: large projects (ex. gardens

of Santos Dumont Airport)

" 1953: won LA prize in 2nd

International Exhibition ofArchitecture;gardens of Galeao

Airport, campus of University of

Brazil, US Embassy in Rio

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" 1954: designed gardens of

Museum of Modern Art,

Largo de Marchado

(a central city square in Brazil);appointed Professor of

Landscape Design in School of

Architecture at University of

Brazil

" 1955: designed garden of

Hospital Sul-America;

held an exhibition in London

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Brazilian pavillionat Brussels

International Exhibition of 1958

" 1964: landscaped waterfront

Flamengo Park


Ministry of Foreign Affairs in

Brazilia, first of his gardens in

Brasilia

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" 1967: designedCivic Center of

Santo Andre, near Sao Paolo

" 1968: began to work in

association with 2 architects:

Jose Tabacow and Haruyoshi

Ono

" 1970: designedCopacabana

" 1975: designed garden ofVice

President of the Republic

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62 YEARS

! BESTOWED: MEDALS,DIPLOMAS OF MERIT ANDPRIZES OF ALL KINDS ANDPRESENTED: HONORARY

MEMBERSHIPS IN A NUMBER OFSOCIETIES

! 1959: KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OFTHE CROWNBY THE KING OFBELGIUM

! 1959: DIPLOMA DHONNEURINPARIS

! 1963: SANTOS DUMONT MEDALOF THE BRAZILIANGOVERNMENTFOR DESIGNING

AIRPORT

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62 YEARS

! 1965: FINE ARTS MEDAL OFTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OFARCHITECTS IN WASHINGTON

! 07/09/82: A DOCTOR OF THEROYAL COLLEGE OF ART INLONDON AND AN HONORARYDOCTORATEFROM THE QUEENOF HOLLAND

! GREENSFELDER AWARDBYBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THEMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

! 10/13/85: DAY KENTUCKYBOTANIC GARDENS

PROCLAIMED IN HIS HONOR

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ART&STYLE

!ONE NEEDS TOSURROUND ONESELF

WITH OBJECTS OFPOETIC EMOTION

!I NEVER CEASEDTO DRAW AND PAINT,SEARCHING FOR THESECRETS OF FORM

Le Corbusier

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MASTER OF BOLD STATEMENT

I PAINT MY GARDENS

VOLUME AND MASSES

PARTERRE





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LINKING: NATURE + MAN

CONTRAST AND EMPHASIS

RHYTHM 17





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FOLLOWS NO RULES

=IMAGINATION

EACH GARDEN HAS AN

ENTITY OF ITS OWN*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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GARDENS ARE MEANT TO BE LIVED IN*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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CURIOSITY AND

AN INQUIRING MIND

SIMPLICITY IN SELECTING

PLANT MATERIALS*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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OLD IDEAS + NEW IDEAS*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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DESIGN GOVERNS OVER ALL*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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GUIDED BY NATURE

WHILE PLANTING

KEEPS THEM

UNDER CONTROL*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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PASSIONATE

CONSERVATIONALIST

REVOLUTIONARY

INNOVATIVE*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson*The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima Eliovson


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CREATOR OFTHEMODERN

GARDEN



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marx-mucuna.html

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rio.html

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The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx by Sima

Eliovson

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