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Born
in the Amazon region, in Pará, more specifically
in the city of Belém, where he graduated medical
school at UFPA in 1955. There he received the “Raul
Leite” award, only granted to those exceptional
students who were the best throughout the course. After
that he was a university teacher, doctor for the Santa
Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, authority
at INSS, and a private doctor.
Rego was raised
in a family environment where good music was appreciated,
shows were watched, and there were books and paintings
inherited from family, along with individuals such as
journalists, writers, poets, and artists always present;
all of those still emerging from the majestic era that
surrounded the Amazon. This era happened while they
discovered rubber, which contributed to the improvement
of the region, transforming it into a European cultural
landmark at the time, although always keeping the Amazon
feel.
He was soon
interested in painting and learned to draw with the
help of relatives, Mariz Filho and Ângelus, local
painters. During his teenage years he learned techniques
to use with watercolor, nankeen, etc…
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Despite his artistic training has been
shaped by the ideals of classical beauty, Greek and Latin,
has always felt attracted by the culture of the Amazon, who
so loved. Their cultural background, consists of renowned
paintings that express the various stages that make up his
artistic career. There are many macaws, toucans, herons, mothers
d'waters, rivers and forests of the Amazon. He walked by the
imagery of folklore with emphasis on nature, depicted in several
paintings with figures of oxen-bumba, dolphins, giant snake,
Matinta perera, all elementary mystical art of the Amazon
..
He was often called “Painter of Legends
and Myths of the Amazon” by local media of his time,
when in 1987 held an individual display of his work, named
“Amazon Symphony”, along with “Rego Painter
of Legends” – this one held in São Bernardo
do Campo/SP/1988 -, were a few of his innumerous displays.
His artistic collection is made up of Series,
such as “Mangue”, “Mitos Paraenses”,
and “Javindia”; his works can be found in different
Art Museums in Brazil. He was always innovative, studious,
and controversial, and held the very first individual display
of Abstract Art of Belém/Pará in 1959.
Rego was also a writer and art critic of
local newspapers “O Estado do Pará”, “A
Província do Pará”, and “Folha do
Norte”. He was a poet, made films in super 8, designed
book covers, pamphlets for theater plays, and came out with
paintings in a sequence of three, to decorate halls.
Furthermore, he was the pioneer in including
Contemporary and Conceptual Art of the northern region of
the country, with paintings called “O Último
Consumidor” and “Os Automatos”. In “The
Power of Women” or “The Adventures of Miss Lugoff”
(nylon string literature), the artist came out of exclusively
a canvas into the world of installation. This was done in
Belém of 1986, there granting him the title of pioneer
of Arts in the Amazon region. Rego passed away in Belém/Pará
on January 17, 1990.
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