Salon in crisis

tensions between tradition and rupture in the 1919 Salon

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https://doi.org/10.47456/fn5xdw64

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Vieira da Cunha, 1919 Salon of Fine Arts, Art Criticism

Abstract

In his chronicle dedicated to the 1919 National Salon of Fine Arts, Antônio Vieira da Cunha sharply criticizes the rigidity of the academicism of the National School of Fine Arts, whose permanence compromised the vitality of Brazilian art. Observing a panorama of creative stagnation, the author denounces the attachment of generations of artists to exhausted European models, revealing a scenario in which formal repetition stifles any possibility of expressive renewal. In contrast to this mimicry, he defends the urgency of looking at the singularity of the landscape and national culture, pointing out in them a fertile potential for more authentic artistic languages. Vieira da Cunha highlights the limitations of the ENBA's pedagogical model, whose excessive emphasis on technique stifles creative freedom and makes the formation of autonomous artistic thought impossible.

Author Biographies

  • Vanessa Pereira Vassoler, PPGA-UFES

    She graduated in Fine Arts from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in 2001. Continuing her academic training, she obtained a Master's degree in Arts from the same institution in 2018 and is currently a PhD candidate in Arts, also at UFES. Her line of research focuses on the History, Theory and Criticism of Art, with investigations into caricature and cartoons, as well as an analysis of art criticism in the early 20th century. She currently explores themes of female art criticism from the mid-20th century onwards, addressing issues related to gender and the historiographical omission of these women. In her professional field, she works as an effective art teacher at the Municipal Government of Vila Velha, where she shares her knowledge and passion for art with her students.

  • Almerinda da Silva Lopes, PPGA-UFES/PPGHIS-UFES

    She holds a bachelor's degree in Drawing and Fine Arts from the São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (1972); a degree in Art Education from the São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (1976); a degree in Pedagogy with specializations in School Supervision and Educational Administration from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Andradina (1980). He completed a master's degree in Art History at ECA-USP- School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (1989); a PhD in Communication and Semiotics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1997), with a sandwich scholarship at the University of Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne); a post-doctorate at the University of Paris I (2002). She completed a Technical-Scientific Internship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris (2014) and a Technical Visit at the University of Paris VIII (2023). She works as a full professor at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, in the Postgraduate and Arts (PPGA) and History (PPGHIS) courses. She is a CNPq Productivity researcher (Level I B). She was an advisor to the CNPq Arts Area from 2018 to 2022. She has experience in the Arts area, with an emphasis on Theory, Criticism and History of Art, with a research focus mainly on the following themes: art and politics, modern art, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography and art, contemporary art, kinetic art, conceptual art, collecting, art exhibitions.

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2025-06-27

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Vol. 15 No. 25 (2025)

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VASSOLER, V. P.; LOPES, A. DA S. Salon in crisis: tensions between tradition and rupture in the 1919 Salon. Revista do Colóquio, v. 15, n. 25, p. 186–200, 27 Jun.2025.