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DELMIRO GOUVEIA by Bezerra Neto

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MST

Delmiro Augusto da Cruz Gouveia, from Ipu in the state of Ceará, became known and rich in the city of Recife where at a tender age he had moved with his mother, Leonila Flora. Later on, orphan and poor, he faced life alone, working as tram conductor, typesetter and in a fur exportation business. He was assassinated when he was reading the newspaper on his porch in Pedra at 54 years of age. The picture measures 30cm high and 50cm wide.

THE ARCH OF PIRANHAS by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 MST

They are gorgeous the houses of Piranhas, stuck to the rocks at the San Francisco riverside. The old railway station, an English building, is a memento of our colonization. The Arch of Piranhas is part of the beautiful local architecture. In the background we see part of the station building. The picture measures 65cm wide and 88cm high.

PEDRA STATION by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 MST

Delmiro Gouveia, at 50, arrives at Pedra small town, with only five small houses and a deserted, railroad station stuck in the middle of the rough caatinga , of chique-chiques, macambiras, cabeça-de-frade, mandacarus and a diversity of cactus, thorns and depressions There he would construct a factory of threads and an electric plant. Screen of 60cm of height by 60cm of width.

DELMIRO by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 MST

The pioneer who brought electricy and industry to the Northeast dresses in leather jacket and hat like the local cowboys, to brave the rigors of the scrub savanna. The well mannered man who commanded the leather business in the city of Recife until 1911, had come to change the characteristics of the arid hinterland in the state of Alagoas by building his empire in the village of Pedra. Today the city bears his name. The painting is 62cm high and 46cm wide.

Corisco, "blond Devil" by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

Corisco "the Blond Devil" tried to imitate Lampião in everything, from the sui generis way of dressing to the way of carrying his weapons, wide leather straps for water bottles, bags, etc., (which did not seem to bother his leader, perhaps because he was only his second-in-command): leather belts with typical adornments, especially made to hold the water bottles at each side of the body, one for sugar and the other for sugar cane brandy (cachaça) or water; two leather bandoleers, coming from the shoulders and crossing the chest, going to each side of the waist, studded with 121 cartridges; Mauser rifle, model 1908, the strap decorated with coins and eyelets of white silver; leather bag for water; canvas shoes with thin decorated straps (the ones belonging to Lampião were equipped with reinforcement to correct his way of walking); deer-skin gloves, like the ones used by cattle tenders; rings, two or three on each finger; more leather bags, two or four, one pair bigger than the other. These, together with their straps, were decorated with stylized hems and colorful flowers. Finally, a yellow metal whistle held on a silver chain (the ones belonging to Lampião were made of solid gold) and a 38 gauge Mauser pistol. Corisco used to wear pants like riding breeches, leather leg protectors decorated with eyelets and tied by small buckles, while Lampião only used them on special occasions to protect himself against thorns and snake bites.

Corisco in burning lands by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

The hinterlands, were the outlaws walked, is ablaze, intermittently a ball of fire and heat. It goes, so to say, with the depraved nature of the second biggest outlaw after Lampião who slaughtered, skinned and killed for nothing. Coriscowas respected just like Lampião and commanded his own gang, which was an extension of Lampiãos gang. After the death of Lampião in 1938, for two more years Corisco and his gang continued to spread fear wherever they went, directing their fury towards the vengeance of his chiefs and Maria Bonitas death, the young outlaw woman who fell dead during the ambush prepared by the police troops. Coriscos wife, Dadá, was also brave and fearless, facing the soldiers with bullets and with the point of her dagger.

Woman in cangaço by Bezerra Neto

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

The woman joined the outlaws in 1930, Maria Déia, the Maria Bonita (Pretty Maria), became Lampiãos greatest friend. Maria Bonita grew up on her fathers small farm in the region of Jeremoabo, Bahia. She was the daughter of José Felipe de Oliveira and Maria Joaquina Déia. She had 11 brothers.At 18 she married José de Neném, a young man of good habits, trader and shoemaker. Maria and Neném did not get along well with each other and fought a lot. The farm was at the border between the states of Bahia and Sergipe, and Lampião passed there often. Her parents considered Lampião a great man. It was Marias mother who told Lampião that her daughter had great admiration for him. One day, in 1931, Maria came to the farm when Lampião was there and the bandit fell in love with her at first sight. When the gang went way, Lampião took Maria Bonita with him, with her mothers blessing and good wishes. Lampião was almost 33 and Maria just over 20. Physically, she was a typical woman of the arid hinterlands: Small, dark eyes and hair and light brown skin. She was called " Dona Maria" by the gang when they addressed her directly. In 1932 Maria Bonita gave birth to a girl named Maria Expedita, who her parents took to a reliable coiteiro (one who gives refuge to bandits) in Sergipe. Picture: (Female Warrior), 95cm wide by 60cm high.

AKHENATON by Bezerra Neto

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 MST

Egyptian Faraoh of the 18th dynasty, when that country was at the height of its political and economic power, about 1400 years before Christ, 1000 years before Socrates and about 900 years before Buddha. He worshipped the sun and considered himself the suns son: The Son of the Sun died on July 24 in 1350. This was the artists first work of art which he presented as a gift to the Rosacruz lodge in Maceio-AMORC. It measures 70 cm high and 50 cm wide

VILA DELMIRO by Bezerra Neto

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 MST

After Delmiro Gouveias arrival, the small hamlet of Pedra suddently found itself filled with houses. In 1911, the pioneer started building several villas to shelter the more than 800 workers families of the sewing yarn factory. The painting measures 65cm wide and 40cm high.

DOM PEDRO II by Bezerra Neto

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 MST

The Emperor at the age when he visited the lower San Francisco river in 1859. It is part of the collection Reliefs of Piranhas. It commemorates the Emperors journey through the state of Alagoas, when he passed through the towns of Piaçabuçu, Penedo, São Braz, Traipu, Pão de Açucar and Piranhas. Dom Pedro traveled by ship up to Piranhas from where he continued overland, in the company of 200 gentlemen from the region, to the Falls of Paulo Afonso (BA). The picture is 60cm high and 45 cm wide.