Mina Klabin Warchavchik Explained

Mina Klabin Warchavchik
Birth Date:1896
Birth Place:Brazil
Death Date:1969
Nationality:Brazil
Birth Name:Mina Klabin
Known For:Landscape design, use of native tropical plants
Spouse:Gregori Warchavchik
Children:2
Occupation:Landscape architects

Mina Klabin Warchavchik (1896 – 1969) was a Brazilian landscape architect

known for designing modern and abstract gardens composed of plants native to Southern Brazil. She created gardens surrounding homes designed by her husband, Brazilian modernist architect Gregori Warchavchik.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Biography

Family history

Mina Klabin was the eldest daughter of Bertha Obstrand and, a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant who fled the Russian Empire.[9] Her father had purchased property in Lithuania despite a decree from Czar Alexander III barring Jews from owning any land.[10]

After being outed to the authorities he and other Jewish refugees made a long journey on foot to one of the Baltic ports, where he escaped to Britain. He later left for Brazil in search of better opportunities. Soon after his arrival in São Paulo, Freeman Klabin began working  in a book making factory which he would later come to own. After reaching financial stability, Klabin was able to bring his then fiancé Bertha Obstrand and the rest of his family to join him in São Paulo. The Klabins would become a prominent São Paulo family, founding the stationary and supply company Klabin Irmãos & Cia.

Childhood

At an early age, Mina Klabin displayed talents for learning languages, music and painting.

Landscape design

Klabin is credited with celebrating native tropical species such as agaves, mandacarus and cacti.[11] She created landscapes alongside the eight São Paulo homes designed by her husband, which include Casa Modernista, Rua Itápolis, São Paulo and their own home Casa da Rua Santa Cruz.[12] The Casa Modernista is considered the first modern building in Brazil. [13] She has been credited with helping to establish the cactus as an icon of modern Brazilian design. Her work with tropical plants has been described as the beginning of the Brazilian Tropical Garden movement. Klabin's use of cactus was several year before Juan O'Gorman did in the design for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.[14]

Other achievements

Mina Klabin Warchavchik and Gregori Warchavchik were among the early supporters of the São Paulo municipal theater.[15]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=io5c4Medh54C&dq=%22Mina+Klabin%22&pg=PA338 Tarsila, sua obra e seu tempo
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=99sP8-taaHcC&dq=%22Mina+Klabin%22&pg=PA137 O espetáculo da cultura paulista: teatro e TV em São Paulo, 1940-1950
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=zbdFlpZmdOYC&dq=%22Mina+Klabin%22&pg=PA193 Pioneiros e empreendedores: a saga do desenvolvimento no Brasil, Volume 2
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=n4JuZM6I5M0C&dq=%22Mina+Klabin%22&pg=RA1-PA11-IA4 O Museu Lasar Segall na década de 70: da contemplação estética à Casa de ...
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=wMjtGwAACAAJ&q=%22Mina+Klabin%22 Azaléias e mandacarus: Mina Klabin Warchavchik, paisagismo e modernismo no Brasil
  6. http://www.chacaraklabin.com.br/historia/456-museu-lasar-segall-e-casa-modernista-guardam-historia-da-familia-klabin Museu Lasar Segall e Casa Modernista guardam história da família Klabin
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=jjYtAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cantores+Mina+Klabin%22 Coleção Ensaio, Edição 13
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=-ufvkFsC8NAC&dq=%22Mina+Klabin%22&pg=PA33 Hugo Segawa. Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990
  9. Web site: Museu Lasar Segall e Casa Modernista. vivem. Redação CHKSomos apaixonados por comunicação e pela Chácara Klabin Acreditamos que moradores unidos têm o poder de transformar o bairro e a cidade onde. 2016-04-05. CHK. pt-BR. 2020-05-03.
  10. Web site: Mina Klabin Warchavchik Tag ArchDaily Brasil. archdaily.com.br. pt-BR. 2020-05-03.
  11. Web site: Clássicos da Arquitetura: Casa Modernista da Rua Santa Cruz / Gregori Warchavchik. 2013-08-03. ArchDaily Brasil. pt-BR. 2020-05-03.
  12. Mazza Durado. Guiherme. 1 December 2001. Prelúdio do paisagismo moderno no Brasil. Paisagem e Ambiente. Universidade de São Paulo.
  13. Book: Segawa, Hugo . Architecture of Brazil, 1900-1990 . Segawa . Hugo . 2013 . Springer . 978-1-4614-5430-4 . New York, NY.
  14. Book: Carranza, Luis E. . Modern architecture in Latin America: art, technology, and utopia . Lara . Fernando Luiz . 2014 . University of Texas press . 978-0-292-75865-0 . Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture . Austin.
  15. Book: Lessa Mattos, David José. O espetáculo da cultura paulista: teatro e TV em São Paulo, 1940-1950. 2002.

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