José Rodrigues de MIRANDA (Maceió, 1907–Recife, 1985) was born into a humble family and lived in the suburbs of Recife when he was discovered in 1972 by collector Lucien Finkelstein. Finkelstein encouraged him to paint extensively and promoted his work globally, even introducing the artist to Anatole Jakovsky, a leading authority on primitive art and author of the "Dictionary of Naïve Painters of the World."
Consequently, Miranda began to gain some recognition at the age of sixty. Until the end of his life, he captured the Brazilian reality through his artistic lens. His work, brilliant in its purity and the aesthetic power of its style, remains less recognized than it deserves to be.
For this reason, in partnership with Lucien’s heir, museologist Jacqueline Finkelstein, the Galeria Evandro Carneiro Arte is opening an exhibition featuring 35 of the artist’s works from June 9 to 23, aiming to promote the work of this talented Brazilian artist.
