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On the other hand, her last paintings are based on an almost abstract geometry and the artist updated her previous productions until the 1960s.
Tarsila expresses a peaceful power in a sure line of a very feminine solar roundness.
She was able to create work anchored
in the culture of her time by opening her gaze to the future through her propensity
to renew herself with a luminous grace.
Tarsila do Amaral
Auto-retrato (Red Coat) [Self-portrait (Red Coat)] 1923
Oil on canvas 73 x 60.5 cm Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro © Museu Nacional de Belas Artes/Ibram, Rio de Janeiro / photo Jaime Acioli © Tarsila do Amaral Licenciamento e Empreendimentos S.A
