https://chicodasilva.org/ Paintings by Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School, in gouache and acrylic, catalogued in the João Cunha Collection, Fortaleza, Brazil. en João Cunha Collection https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/claudionor-the-draughtsman/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/claudionor-the-draughtsman/ Claudionor (José Claudionor Nogueira, 1945–2010), who drew the creatures of Chico da Silva's Pirambu School: the burnt-cement sidewalk, the Mercantil São José panels, the 2010 memoir and six canvases in the João Cunha Collection. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:50:40 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/maria-augusta-the-girl-who-signed/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/maria-augusta-the-girl-who-signed/ Maria Augusta do Carmo Moreira painted for Chico da Silva in Pirambu from 1965 and said so in public at fifteen: the 1969 newspapers, the challenge he did not attend, and a canvas she signed herself in 1973. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:28:14 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/baba-the-first-disciple/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/baba-the-first-disciple/ Babá (Sebastião Lima da Silva), the first disciple of Chico da Silva in Pirambu: Bluhm's workshop, the 1966 scandal, the signature of his own in 1977 and 27 canvases in the João Cunha Collection. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:58:01 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/chica-da-silva-the-painters-daughter/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/chica-da-silva-the-painters-daughter/ Chica da Silva (Francisca da Silva), daughter of Chico da Silva and the only woman in the core of the Pirambu School: her start at ten, her own name on the canvas in 1976, and canvases dated 1973 to 1984. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:36:51 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/ivan-de-assis-the-cinema-in-the-bestiary/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/ivan-de-assis-the-cinema-in-the-bestiary/ Ivan de Assis (Ivan José de Assis), of the original core of the Pirambu School: he knew Chico da Silva before the fame, brought winged animals and the cockfight into the repertoire, and painted a canvas of his own in 2000. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:20:39 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/caboclo-of-the-alto-tejo/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/caboclo-of-the-alto-tejo/ Chico da Silva's origins: a birth without records on the Alto Tejo in Acre, a childhood on the rivers, and the road to Fortaleza and the Pirambu School. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:37:45 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/murals-of-praia-formosa/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/murals-of-praia-formosa/ Fish, birds and ghost ships in charcoal on fishermen's walls in Fortaleza: how Chico da Silva's repertoire began before gouache and the Pirambu School. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:37:45 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/chabloz-and-the-discovery/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/chabloz-and-the-discovery/ How Jean-Pierre Chabloz found Chico da Silva's murals in Fortaleza in 1943 and carried his gouaches to Europe, years before the Pirambu School. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:37:45 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/pirambu-school/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/pirambu-school/ Inside Chico da Silva's Pirambu studio in Fortaleza: the five young painters of the Escola do Pirambu, their collective method, and the double attribution. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:36:51 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/venice-1966/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/venice-1966/ Chico da Silva's honourable mention at the 33rd Venice Biennale (1966), the press, and the imaginary journeys of the Pirambu School painter of Fortaleza. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:37:45 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/painting-factory/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/painting-factory/ How Chico da Silva's Fortaleza studio became a painting factory: mass production, forgeries and the disputed marks of the Pirambu School, 1966–1972. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:28:14 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/final-years/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/final-years/ The final years of Chico da Silva (1970–1985): illness and hospitals in Fortaleza, late paintings, the Pirambu School dispute, his death on 6 December 1985. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:37:45 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/instituto-oboe/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/instituto-oboe/ How the Instituto Cultural Oboé reunited Chico da Silva's disciples in Fortaleza and revived the Escola do Pirambu in 34 canvases from 2004 to 2011. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:20:39 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/garcia-the-last-disciple/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/garcia-the-last-disciple/ Garcia, last living disciple of Chico da Silva's Escola do Pirambu, retraces the school in two interviews recorded in Fortaleza, Ceará. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:17:30 GMT https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/legacy-and-rediscovery/ https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/legacy-and-rediscovery/ How Chico da Silva returned to view after 1985: retrospectives in São Paulo and Fortaleza, the Escola do Pirambu debate, and a new market. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:28:14 GMT