Livio Abramo

Livio Abramo
Born(1903-06-23)June 23, 1903
Araraquara, Brazil
DiedApril 26, 1992(1992-04-26) (aged 88)
Asunción, Paraguay

Livio Abramo (June 23, 1903 – April 26, 1992) was a Brazilian-born Paraguayan sketcher, engraver, and aquarellist.[1]

Abramo was born on June 23, 1903, in Araraquara, Brazil to Italian-Jewish parents of Sephardic background. He described his father as a liberal and his paternal grandfather as an anarchist. Although born in Brazil, he adopted Paraguay as his nation and it was in this country that he produced much of his work. He is considered to be "a key player in this development of Paraguayan modern art."[2]

In his book Etapas de un itinerario: grabados, dibujos, acuarelas de Livio Abramo (Phases of an Itinerary: Engraves, Drawing and Aquarelles From Livio Abramo) Abramo claimed that his artistic skills were entirely autodidactic, and that many of his creations were inspired by his political views. Scholars consider him to be influenced by Oswaldo Goeldi and by German expressionists such as Käthe Kollwitz.[3]

  1. ^ Forjadores del Paraguay: Diccionario biográfico. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Primera Edición Enero de 2000. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. January 1, 2000.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GARCÍA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wünsche, Isabel (2019). The Routledge companion to Expressionism in a transnational context. New York, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-351-77800-8. Retrieved 10 February 2021.