WILMA MARTINS
1934-2022, BrazilWilma Martins Morais (Belo Horizonte, 1934 – Rio de Janeiro, 2022) began her artistic training between 1953 and 1956 at Escola Guignard, in Belo Horizonte, a key hub in the renewal of modern art in the state of Minas Gerais. There she studied with characters such as painter Alberto da Veiga Guignard, sculptor Franz Weissmann, printmaker Misabel Pedrosa and art critic Frederico Morais. Alongside her studies, she worked as an illustrator and layout designer for magazines and newspapers in her hometown, and in 1966 she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she lived and worked until her passing in 2022.
Throughout her career, the artist worked as a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and costume designer. Her production is marked by the poetic exploration of graphic languages, especially woodcut engraving, as well as techniques such as ink and acrylic painting. Her creative process involved constant circulation between mediums, using drawing both as a study and as a direct record of compositions.
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