João Turin - Life, Work, Art

Dedicated website to recovery the sculptor work.

The art of João Turin is firstly exhibited in Curitiba

The exhibition “João Turin – life, work, art”, organized by historian and art critic José Roberto Teixeira Leite, will begin on June 06 in the main hall of the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, in Curitiba.

João Turin’s Pietá

One of the most important works of the Brazilian sculptor, made ​​almost 100 years ago and remaining intact in a church of France, can now be seen in Brazil.

 João Turin’s Atelier

Art casting mounted especially to perform the works of Turin, technologically modern and environmentally friendly .

One of Brazil’s greatest sculptors

             João Turin made ​​his mark in the history of Brazilian art primarily by his animalistic sculptures. He stood out, above all, because of the jaguars, tigers, lions, snakes, dogs and other animals, wild or domestic, represented sometimes at rest and sometimes in fierce combats.

His talent for animalism was recognized early. Already during the course at the Academy of Brussels, Turin won awards in animal anatomy. In 1921, exhibiting at the Salon of Paris the sculpture of a dog in natural size, he was hailed by an anonymous writer as “a great sculptor of animals”.

Similarly, it was as an animalistic sculptor that he received the highest laurels of his career: a silver medal with Tiger treading on the snake, at the National Fine Arts Exhibition, 1944, and the gold medal, with The roar of the tiger, better known as Moonlight in the Hinterland, in 1947.

The legacy of Turin portrayed in a book

One of the highlights of the project to rescue the work of João Turin was the idea of ​​telling his story, by means of a book. The challenge was accepted by historian and art critic José Roberto Teixeira Leite, who with his vast experience conducted the research and the writing of the material. The result can be seen in the work by the same name of the exhibition “Joao Turin – Life, Work, Art”, a 320 pages book, which tells the story of Turin – from the arrival of his family to Brazil from Italy, through his childhood and adolescence – when he discovered his gift for the arts – the years of study and work in Europe, to his return in 1922. The book brings true relics: old photos, documents, letters, drawings and paintings. The sculptures were photographed by the lens of Maringas Maciel, reaching the details of the works. Teixeira Leite highlights and examines aspects of the works of Turin, from the most obscure to the most awarded. The author also highlights the difficult periods, lived in Belgium and France, and later in Brazil. But João Turin’s passion for the arts never let him quit. Hence the importance of this recognition of him as one of the greatest sculptors Brazil has ever had.

Bronze sculptures

More than 130 bronzes, including numerous never ever seen, made in ​​the first Brazilian technologically modern and environmentally friendly artistic foundry. All to ensure an international standard and high quality of the castings.

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Em 21 de setembro celebramos algumas datas especiais, entre elas o nascimento de João Zanin Turin (1878) e o Dia da Árvore.

Filho de imigrantes italianos, Turin nasceu em Morretes (PR) e viveu a infância cercado pela exuberância da Mata Atlântica da Serra do Mar — paisagem que marcou profundamente sua obra. Uma prova está na escultura Marumbi, onde os contornos dos felinos ferozes se assemelham aos da famosa montanha paranaense.

Mesmo após 147 anos de seu nascimento, o legado do artista segue vivo e pode ser admirado no @memorialparanista, em Curitiba, cidade onde ele escolheu viver até o fim da vida.

Uma homenagem à natureza e à arte paranaense!

#JoãoTurin #DiaDaÁrvore #ArteParanaense #MemorialParanista #CulturaParanaense #ArteEBrasil #PatrimônioCultural #HistóriaDoParaná #MataAtlântica #ArteQueInspira
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Amanhã, 16 de agosto, celebramos os 95 anos de José Roberto Teixeira Leite — professor, crítico de arte e escritor de relevo na história da cultura brasileira.

Com seu olhar atento e erudito, Teixeira Leite desempenhou um papel essencial no resgate completo do acervo de João Turin, além de assinar a premiada biografia “João Turin – Vida, Obra, Arte” e curar a exposição homônima realizada no Museu Oscar Niemeyer em 2014. Ambas receberam os prêmios da Associação Brasileira dos Críticos de Arte (ABCA) como Melhor Livro de Arte e Melhor Exposição de Arte daquele ano.

Carismático e incansável, o professor Teixeira Leite segue ativo, compartilhando sua paixão e competência com o mundo das artes.

Que esta data seja repleta de saúde, alegrias e merecidas homenagens!
@joserobertoteixeiraleite

Foto: @maringas_maciel
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Papa Francisco recebe do governo Brasileiro a obra “Frade” de João Turin, em 2013. ...

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19 de abril - Dia dos Povos Indígenas

Os povos indígenas ocupam um lugar central na arte de João Turin. Entre desenhos, esculturas e baixos-relevos, o artista ilustra a singeleza e a genuinidade de seus costumes milenares – seja nos rituais típicos seja nos atos de sobrevivência em meio à natureza.

Para José Roberto Teixeira Leite, biógrafo de Turin, o artista buscava retratar o indígena com completude e abrangência. “Turin não pretendeu representar o carijó, o caingangue, o botocudo ou outra qualquer nação indígena em especial, mas simplesmente o índio, o senhor da terra, o aborígine, o autóctone”.

Para conhecer o acervo de obras com a temática indígena, basta visitar o @memorialparanista, onde dezenas de baixos-relevos e esculturas em bronze expressam a relevância do índio na arte de Turin e na história da nação.

#paranismo #joaoturin #arte #memorialparanista #escultura #indio #povosindigenas #povosindigenasdobrasil
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