Livio Abramo

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

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."

Beginnings After obtaining a major prize for his engravings in 1950, he travelled for almost two years in Europe, accompanied by his daughter Larissa. During this time he visited many European museums.

Abramo was a journalist for 33 years, and his political ideologies are expressed in his artistic work. He was very politically active; a trait which landed him in trouble on several occasions, with him spending some time in jail.

Work Abramo followed the studies of Brazilian nature, known as Itapecerica, Campos de Jordão (Fields of Jordao), and others. Following this, he created the series Obrero (Worker) and Guerra civil española (Spanish Civil War). Years later, he produced the xylo-engrave series in 1948 to illustrate the book Pelo Sertão, written by Brazilian writer Alfonso Arinos.

Career milestones Following is a list of some important events during Abramo's career:

1951: Had a special room at the First Biennial of Modern Art of São Paulo; also had a special room at the sixth edition of the event. 1956: Provided an individual exposition to the Modern Arts Museum of Río de Janeiro, and another at São Paulo. 1956: First visit to Paraguay 1957: Founded the Taller de Grabado Julián de la Herrería (Julián de la Herrería Engraving Workshop) in Asunción. In February 2007, Vanessa Tio-Groset and Jorge Codas paid tribute to his work in the multidisciplinary exhibition Festa ao ritmo da chuva at the Cultural Center of the Brazilian Embassy in Paraguay.