10 Facts About Eliseu Visconti

Eliseu Visconti, born Eliseo D'Angelo, was an Italian-born Brazilian painter, cartoonist, and teacher.

Eliseu Visconti is considered one of the very few Impressionist painters of Brazil.

Eliseu Visconti is considered the initiator of the Art Nouveau in Brazil.

Thanks to a prize received in 1892, Visconti travelled to Paris, where he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts the following year.

Eliseu Visconti took classes at the and the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs, where he was a pupil of Art Nouveau master Eugene Grasset.

Eliseu Visconti was accepted at the Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Francais.

Back in Brazil, Eliseu Visconti exhibited in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and obtained the first place in a contest for the drawing of postal stamps for the Brazilian Casa da Moeda.

Eliseu Visconti traveled again to Europe, where he exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1905 the portrait of the artist Nicolina Vaz de Assis at the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes.

Eliseu Visconti accepted the position the following year after returning to Brazil, where he remained a teacher until 1913.

In 1913, Eliseu Visconti returned to Europe in order to paint large scale panels for the "foyer" of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.