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Rodrigo Melo Franco

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Rodrigo Melo Franco
Born(1898-08-17)17 August 1898
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died11 May 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 70)
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Literary movementModernism
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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. He is credited, among many similar discoveries, with reviving interest in Antônio Francisco Lisboa. He is the author of Monumentos Históricos y Arqueológicos de Brasil (Mexico, 1952).

References

  1. Smith, Robert C. (1960). "José Antônio do Prado Valladares (1917-1959)". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 40 (3): 435–438. doi:10.1215/00182168-40.3.435.
  2. Hogan, James E. (1981). "The Contemporaries of Antonio Francisco Lisboa: An Annotated Bibliography". Latin American Research Review. 16 (3): 138–145. doi:10.1017/S0023879100033410.


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