Projeto Portinari

1st. interview

His birth in Campos, Rio de Janeiro; family background; his mother's bent towards literature; childhood in Campos de Goitacases; loses his right arm in an accident at the age of 12; his first visit to Rio during the comemoration of  "Abertura dos Portos" centinneal; at the age of 13  moves to Rio permanently; secondary school at Colégio Pedro II; the influence of Professor Silva Ramos on his literary calling; publishes his first chronicles; Laudelino Freire; João Ribeiro's classes; the influence of Positivism on him; his polemic graduation address; the beginning of his career as a journalist in "Rio Jornal"; his work as a parliamentary reporter; trip to Portugal; the dispute between "O País" and "Correio da Manhã" newspapers; the two mandates as deputy; I Congresso Nacional de Educação; meeting Portinari at the Café Lamas; the artistic seasons in Rio; as a journalist he wrote on Semana de Arte Moderna and the arts in general; his links with modern writers; the painting "Country Ball"; Portinari and Villa-Lobos - revolutionary artists.

2nd. interview

Halley's Comet in 1910; Portinari and Villa-Lobos against improvisation; lively social activity; politics and the intellectuals of the 20's; after the burning of "O País" newspaper in 1930, starts to write, under a pseudonym;  writes for other newspapers in São Paulo; invited by Assis Chateaubriand to write for "O Jornal" and "Diário da Noite" newspapers; creates the literary column "Espelho dos Livros"; the use of distortion in Portinari's painting; introduced by Chancellor Macedo Soares into Itamarati life; writes a brief story of Brazilian diplomacy; first meeting with President Getúlio Vargas; nomination for Itamarati as 3rd. Secretary; the Itamarati Press Service; the Itamarati Documentation Service trips to Argentina and Chile; in 1945 accompanies Minister Leão Veloso to the Chapultepec Conference and to Washington; the San Francisco Conference for the creation of the United Nations/UN; works in San Francisco as a correspondent for "Diários Associados"; George Bernanos; Aliança Nacional Libertadora; the "Revista de Cultura Política"; intimacy with Portinari; Associação dos Artistas Brasileiros; Portinari's and Tarsila do Amaral's exhibits; "Coffee"; press advisor to Minister Gustavo Capanema; Capanema's cohesive power; the Ministério da Educação e Saúde/MES building; revelations on the colaboration of Le Corbusier with Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa; the protest against the commissioning of Portinari without competition for the painting of the MES' frescos; Portinari's dedication to his work at the Ministery; President Getúlio Vargas as a mediator; Oswaldo Teixeira; Portinari teaches at the Universidade do Distrito Federal/UDF; Portinari - a great admirer of the masters;  daily visits to the museums in Paris; Portinari's show at the Museum of Modern Art/MoMA, in New York; the portraits of the Rockfellers; Rockwell Kent; the "Portrait of Sofia Cantalupo"; the legalization of the Communist Party;  leaves for Paris.

3rd. interview