Ana Maria Pacheco
(Brazil, England 1943 – )
Sculptural study for a head
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Ana Maria Pacheco studied sculpture while she was a young student in Brazil. She was most influenced by the well-known architect and Brazilian Baroque sculptor O Aleijadinho (b. Antonio Francisco Lisboa, 1738-1814). He was born in Minas Gerais to a Portuguese architect father and an Afro-Brazilian slave mother, and his buildings and sculptures still exist in Brazil. This small carved sculpture shows influences from O Aleijadinho, particularly the subtle emotional strength found in his mystical and divine religious sculpture.
- Place of origin
-
England
- Year
- early 1990s
- Media
- Sculpture
- Medium
- polychrome wood
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 10.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of John Clark 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Accession number
- 203.2020
