Modernist landscape with a church by well-known Brazilian artist, Alberto da Veiga Guignard (Brazil 1896-1962). A view of the mountains and hills from an elevated position near the church in the foreground. In the mid-century modern style and similar to the style used by Utrillo and others in Europe where Guignard studied.

Oil on a thin tropical wood panel. Framed.

Signed on the front, lower right. Also signed on the reverse "Guignard" and dated 1952. There are other notations on the reverse, as well as a Brazilian framer / gallery stamp (see photos). There is also a certificate of provenance from an auction stating the work is from the estate of Ginger Rogers (although they mis-identified the artists name). Ginger Rogers was an art collector and spent time in Brazil.

Painting: 13 1/4" x 15 3/4" (34 cm x 40 cm)

Frame: 16" x 18 1/4" (41 cm x 46.5 cm)

PROVENANCE: Estate of Ginger Rogers; sold at auction in 1996.

CONDITION: Good overall condition with a frame mark to the surface on the right side. Slight surface yellowing overall. Frame with wear.

NOTES / REFERENCES: Alberto da Veiga Guignard was a Brazilian painter who became renowned for his depictions of the landscapes of Minas Gerais. Guignard was born in Nova Friburgo in the state of Rio de Janeiro. His father died when he was a child. His mother remarried and moved with Alberto to Germany to be with her new husband Friedrich von Schilgen, a baron.

In Europe, Guignard began studying painting at the age of 11 and continued his studies for the next 22 years. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied with Herman Groeber and Adolf Engeler and visited Florence. After he returned to Brazil in 1929, he became an examplar of Brazilian Modernist painting alongside Candido Portinari, Ismael Nery and Cícero Dias. In 1931 he took part in the group exhibition Salao Revolucionario (Revolutionary Salon) at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro, the first of its annual exhibitions to host modernists. He became a mentor to painters such as Ibere Camargo, Vera Mindlin and Alcides da Rocha Miranda. In 1944, Guignard established a program for drawing and painting at the newly created Instituto de Belas Artes (now the Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais). He lived in Belo Horizonte until his death in 1962.

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