A noite no Museu Mariano Procópio: uma pintura alegórica de Oscar Pereira da Silva

Abstract

This research aims to study the canvas by the Brazilian artist Oscar Pereira da Silva (1865-1939) entitled The night, and today it is part of the collection of the Mariano Procópio Museum, executed in the year 1927. Artist known for having made several types of painting, we dedicate ourselves in this work to study mainly the allegorical, a gap in the studies about the painter and that our object collaborates in his understanding. Therefore, this work aims to perceive through The Night how the allegorical genre is conceived in the Brazilian arts scene, above all, how the painting presents itself in a hybrid way, also manifesting itself as a female nude. Through the trajectory of the canvas and Pereira da Silva's own biography, we seek to establish a relationship between the artist and others and understand the female representation under his brushes. Through image analysis, the trajectory of The night, Pereira da Silva's sociability network and a specialized bibliography, we can conclude that Oscar's painting does not present itself as a common allegory, when compared with others. Presenting in its composition a distinct invoice that dialogs with its production of the feminine, preserving the body shape and the skin tone. We also understand that, at the national level, allegorical painting was used by the Brazilian Republic as an onslaught in the creation of a national symbol; however, the use of allegorical painting is no longer used as it concentrates its representation of the image of women - which had no space in politics Brazilian. In addition to drawing a network of sociability between Oscar Pereira da Silva and the artist Pedro Américo, being indicated by the research, that the first nurtured an admiration for the second, expressed through The night.