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ROBERTO BURLE MARX

BRAZILIAN MODERNIST

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BIRTH:
08/04/09
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
DEATH:
06/04/94
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
PARENTS:
CECILIA BURLE
(BRAZILIAN) AND
WILLEM MARX (GERMAN)

THE MAN

HIS MOTHER WAS A GARDENER

(<3 FLOWERS)
HE PICKED UP HER INTERSESTS
ANA PIASECK (HUNGARIAN)
=SECOND MOTHER
ANA INTERESTED HIM IN
PLANTING SEEDS AND
GROWING VEGETABLES
AS A YOUNG CHILD, GREW HIS
OWN GARDEN (+ $)
AT 15, HE TRIED EXOTICS AND
LEARNED TO GROW THEM BY
TRIAL AND ERROR

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MOTHERS

 1928: AT 18, DUE TO

PROBLEMS WITH HIS VISION
WAS SENT TO GERMANY
STAYED FOR 2 YEARS
STUDIED MUSIC AND
PAINTING + ATTENDED
THEATER
FIRST VISIT TO BERLINDAHLEM BOTANICAL GARDEN
-ITS COLLECTION OF
BRAZILLIAN FLORA WERE A
RELEVATION TO HIM
1930: RETURNED TO BRAZIL

GERMANY

INTERESTED IN BRAZILS
FLORA
ACTIVE IN PROTECTION
AND CONSERVATION
FRIEND OF BRAZILIAN
BOTANISTS AND
BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIKE
HENRIQUE LAHMEYER AND
MARGARET MEE
WENT ON EXPEDITIONS
AND EXTENTED HIS
KNOWLEDGE OF RARE,
EXOTIC BRAZILIAN PLANTS

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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1930: studied art in National
School of Fine Arts in Rio
greatest influence:
professor and neighbor,
Lucio Costa
1932: Costa asked him to
make a garden for Schwartz
family= START OF CAREER
1937: returned to Rio
permanently

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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1938: commissioned to plan
gardens of Ministry of Education
and Health, his 1st public
gardens in Rio (reburbished in
1988)
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1946: began design garden for

Odette Monteiro in Correias,
one of his best private gardens
1947-1955: designed more
private gardens

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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1949: he + Siegfried (brother)
bought large farm land called Sitio
Santo Antonio de Bica= The Sitio
1952: large projects (ex. gardens
of Santos Dumont Airport)
1953: won LA prize in 2nd
International Exhibition of
Architecture; gardens of Galeao
Airport, campus of University of
Brazil, US Embassy in Rio
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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1954: designed gardens of
Museum of Modern Art,
Largo de Marchado
(a central city square in Brazil);
appointed Professor of
Landscape Design in School of
Architecture at University of
Brazil
1955: designed garden of
Hospital Sul-America;
held an exhibition in London

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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1958: designed gardens of
Brazilian pavillion at Brussels
International Exhibition of 1958
1964: landscaped waterfront
Flamengo Park

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1965: designed gardens of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Brazilia, first of his gardens in
Brasilia
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A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1967: designed Civic Center of
Santo Andre, near Sao Paolo
1968: began to work in
association with 2 architects:
Jose Tabacow and Haruyoshi
Ono
1970: designed Copacabana
1975: designed garden of Vice
President of the Republic

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 BESTOWED: MEDALS,
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DIPLOMAS OF MERIT AND
PRIZES OF ALL KINDS AND
PRESENTED: HONORARY
MEMBERSHIPS IN A NUMBER OF
SOCIETIES
1959: KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF
THE CROWN BY THE KING OF
BELGIUM
1959: DIPLOMA DHONNEUR IN
PARIS
1963: SANTOS DUMONT MEDAL
OF THE BRAZILIAN
GOVERNMENT FOR DESIGNING
AIRPORT

62 YEARS

 1965: FINE ARTS MEDAL OF 13

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
ARCHITECTS IN WASHINGTON
07/09/82: A DOCTOR OF THE
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN
LONDON AND AN HONORARY
DOCTORATE FROM THE QUEEN
OF HOLLAND
GREENSFELDER AWARD BY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
10/13/85: DAY KENTUCKY
BOTANIC GARDENS
PROCLAIMED IN HIS HONOR

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62 YEARS

 ONE NEEDS TO
SURROUND ONESELF
WITH OBJECTS OF
POETIC EMOTION
I NEVER CEASED
TO DRAW AND PAINT,
SEARCHING FOR THE
SECRETS OF FORM

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Le Corbusier

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ART&STYLE

PARTERRE

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VOLUME AND MASSES

MASTER OF BOLD STATEMENT

I PAINT MY GARDENS
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CONNECT: ARCHITECTURE + LA
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SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY

VERTICAL SHAPES

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RHYTHM

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CONTRAST AND EMPHASIS

LINKING: NATURE + MAN

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FOLLOWS NO RULES
=IMAGINATION

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EACH GARDEN HAS AN

ENTITY OF ITS OWN

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GARDENS ARE MEANT TO BE LIVED IN

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CURIOSITY AND
AN INQUIRING MIND

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SIMPLICITY IN SELECTING
PLANT MATERIALS

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OLD IDEAS + NEW IDEAS

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DESIGN GOVERNS OVER ALL

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GUIDED BY NATURE
WHILE PLANTING

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KEEPS THEM
UNDER CONTROL

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PASSIONATE
CONSERVATIONALIST

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REVOLUTIONARY
INNOVATIVE

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CREATOR OF
THE MODERN
GARDEN

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LIST OF REFERENCES:

http://www.casadasartes.com.br/obras/709/burlemarx-mucuna.html
http://www.gardendesign.com/brazil/burle-marxrio.html
http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/
glossary/m/modernism
http://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/robertoburle-marx-brazilian-modernist#about
oopsideas.wordpress.com
cconstantino.weebly.com
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