Aníbal Mattos, substantivo coletivo: artista e intelectual, agente ideário do campo artístico em Minas Gerais

Abstract

Aníbal Pinto de Mattos (1886-1969) was a painter, writer, critic, historian and teacher. In this dissertation we analyze his trajectory both as an artist and as an idealizing agent who worked towards the development of the artistic field in the capital of Minas Gerais, by founding the Sociedade Mineira de Belas Artes (SMBA) in 1918, the first institution dedicated to valuing, studying and promoting the Arts. in its most varied modalities, and organizing the Exposições Gerais de Belas Artes de Minas Gerais (EGBA-MG) for decades. For the development of this study, we analyzed the artistic production of Aníbal Mattos and his trajectory from the period of artistic training at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro, between 1904 and 1912, through the constitution and consolidation of his career after his transfer to Belo Horizonte, in 1917, ending the time frame of the work with the XX General Exhibition of Fine Arts of Minas Gerais, held in 1940.