Rodrigo Melo Franco Explained

Rodrigo Melo Franco
Birth Date:17 August 1898
Birth Place:Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Movement:Modernism
Signature:Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade Assinatura.jpg

Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade (1898–1969) was a Brazilian art critic and historian. He served as director of preservation of artistic heritage of Brazil at the Ministry of Education.[1] He is credited, among many similar discoveries, with reviving interest in Antônio Francisco Lisboa.[2] He is the author of Monumentos Históricos y Arqueológicos de Brasil (Mexico, 1952).

Notes and References

  1. Smith. Robert C.. 1960. José Antônio do Prado Valladares (1917-1959) . The Hispanic American Historical Review. 40. 3. 435–438.
  2. Hogan. James E.. 1981. The Contemporaries of Antonio Francisco Lisboa: An Annotated Bibliography . Latin American Research Review. 16. 3. 138–145 .