Critical study about two italian painters, Mario Mafai and Gino Bonichi (named "Scipione"), from the Scuola Romana di Pittura, and their works at the University of Sao Paulo's Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC-USP): Rapaz and Natura Morta (Mafai) and Oceano Indiano (Scipione) belong to the first collection of this museum, that comes from the ancient Modern Art Museum of São Paulo (MAM-SP), started by Ciccillo Matarazzo. Beyond the iconography study, there is a study about the role of these works and their school with the main collections of modern art at São Paulo, started by important Italian families at the city, at the middle of 20th Century.
Mario Mafai; Scipione; Scuola Romana di Pittura; Novecento Italiano; Ciccillo Matarazzo; MAC-USP; MAM-SP; ritorno al mestiere; Giulio Carlo Argan
