Roberto Burle Marx
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Roberto Burle Marx | |
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Born | August 4, 1909 São Paulo, Brazil |
Died | June 4, 1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 84)
Nationality | Brazilian |
Occupation | Landscape architect |
Known for | Designing gardens and public spaces |
Parent(s) | Rebecca Cecília Burle Wilhelm Marx |
Awards | Awards |
Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian
He was one of the first people to call for the conservation of Brazil's rainforests. More than 50 plants bear his name. He amassed a substantial collection of plants at his home, including more than 500 philodendrons, including some that were discovered by him or bear his name, like Philodendron burle-marxii.
Early life
Roberto Burle Marx was born in São Paulo. He was the fourth son of Rebecca Cecília Burle, a member of the traditional Pernambuco-based family of French ancestry, Burle Dubeux,[1] and Wilhelm Marx, a German Jew born in Stuttgart and raised in Trier. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1913.[2]
Burle Marx's first landscaping inspirations came while studying painting in Germany, where he often visited the
Career
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Brazil |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii)(iv) |
Reference | 1620 |
Inscription | 2021 (44th Session) |
In 1932, Burle Marx designed his first landscape for a private residence by the architects
In 1949 he acquired the Sítio de Santo Antonio da Bica, a 365,000 m2 (90-acre) estate in the
Roberto Burle Marx founded a landscape studio in 1955 and in the same year he founded a landscape company, called Burle Marx & Cia. Ltda. He opened an office in Caracas, Venezuela in 1956 and started working with architects Jose Tabacow and Haruyoshi Ono in 1968. Marx worked on commissions throughout Brazil, Argentina, in Chile and many other South American countries, France, South Africa, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. Additionally his artwork can be found displayed throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro "it is an open-air museum of works displaying his unmistakable style, one wholly his own" (Montero 2001 p. 29). Roberto Burle Marx's 62-year career ended when he died June 4, 1994, at age 84.
He spent time in the Brazilian forests where he was able to study and explore. Burle Marx was one of the first Brazilians to speak out against deforestation. This enabled him to add significantly to the botanical sciences, by discovering new rocks and plants for example. At least 50 plants bear his name.[5] Marx was also involved in efforts to protect and conserve the rain forest from the destructive commercial activities of deforestation for bananas and other crops and clear cutting of timber.
Style
Burle Marx's artistic style was avant-garde and modern. Much of his work has a sense of timelessness and perfection. He explored an anti-mimetic and skeptical aesthetic developed from modernism with a distinctly Brazilian style.[2] His designs were also influenced by cubism and abstractionism.[5] Another strong influence was Brazilian folk art.
His
Marx's work "can be summarized in four general design concepts—the use of native tropical vegetation as a structural element of design, the rupture of symmetrical patterns in the conception of open spaces, the colorful treatment of pavements, and the use of free forms in water features" (Vaccarino 2000, p. 17). This approach is exemplified by the Copacabana Beach promenade, where native sea breeze resistant trees and palms appear in groupings along Avenida Atlantica. These groupings punctuate Portuguese stone mosaics which form a giant abstract painting where no section along the promenade is the same. This "painting" is viewed from the balconies of hotels, and offers an ever-changing view for those driving along the beach. The mosaics continue the entire two-and-a-half-mile distance of the beach. The water feature, in this case, is of course the ocean and beach, which is bordered by a 30-foot wide continuous scallop patterned mosaic walk (Eliovson 1991; Montero 2001). Copacabana Beach is "the most famous in Brazil" (Eliovson 1991 p. 103).
Awards
Roberto Burle Marx has received the following prizes, diplomas of merit and honorary memberships: The landscape architecture prize at the 2nd International Exhibition of Architecture (1953), title of Knight of the Order of the Crown from Belgium (1959), Diploma d’Honneur in Paris (1959), the Santos Dumont Medal of the Brazilian Government (1963), the Fine Arts Medal of The American Institute of Architects in Washington (1965), doctor of the Royal College of Art, London (1982) and an honorary doctorate from the Queen of the Netherlands. The Missouri Botanical Garden awarded him the Greensfelder Award and the Kentucky Botanic Garden proclaimed October 14, 1985, in his honor (Eliovson 1991).[10]
Works
- Landscape design of some gardens in the public buildings of Brasília
- Ministry of Army – water garden and excellent use of concrete forms.
- Foreign Affairs Building
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of External Relations
- promenade – Pavement landscape, large scale (4 km long) mosaic completed in 1970 on famous Rio de Janeiro beach. (Influenced by Portuguese pavement)
- Inhotim, Brumadinho
- Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, 1954
- Flamengo Park – large public park in Rio de Janeiro built on landfill
- La Rinconada Hippodrome, Caracas, Venezuela
- Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
- La Lagunita Country Club, Caracas, Venezuela
- Pampulha, Belo Horizonte
- Cascade Garden, Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania
- Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida (Completed posthumously)
- Maracaibo Botanical Gardens, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Peru Square, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Demolished)
- Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Casa Forte Square (Praça de Casa Forte), Recife, Pernambuco-Brazil
- Cascata Farm, Araras-Brazil
- Ipanema Park, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais
- Burle Marx Garden in the Burle Marx Park, São Paulo
Exhibitions
- 1948-52 - Painting toward architecture, Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art, several venues, US.[11]
- 1949 - From Le Corbusier to Oscar Niemeyer: Savoye House - Tremaine House 1949, Museum of Modern Art, New York[12]
- 1991 - Roberto Burle Marx: The unnatural art of the garden, Museum of Modern Art, New York[13][14]
- 2016 - Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, Jewish Museum, New York. [15][16]
- 2017 - Roberto Burle Marx: Joutras Gallery,Chicago Botanic Garden.
- 2019 - Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx, New York Botanical Garden.[17][18]
See also
References
- ISBN 0810933578. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1861891466. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ 2 artworks by or after Roberto Burle Marx, Art UK. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ Fraser, V. (2000). Cannibalizing Le Corbusier: The MES Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 59(2), 180–193. https://doi.org/10.2307/991589
- ^ a b c Rohter, Larry. (January 20, 2009.) A New Look at the Multitalented Man Who Made Tropical Landscaping An Art. New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ UNESCO (2021). Roberto Burle Marx: a journey with the artist to UNESCO patios in Paris. Paris: UNESCO.
- ^ "Sítio Roberto Burle Marx". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Burle-Marx.
- ISBN 0203352602. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "Roberto Burle Marx | TCLF". www.tclf.org. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ (c. 2019). Roberto Burle Marx. Design for a garden, (1948). artdesigncafe. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ From Le Corbusier to Niemeyer: Savoye House - Tremaine House 1949 exhibition webpage. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ Roberto Burle Marx: The unnatural art of the garden exhibition webpage. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-87070-197-9.
- ^ Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist exhibition webpage. Jewish Museum, New York. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-300-21215-0.
- ^ Farago, Jason (June 20, 2019). "Roberto Burle Marx and His Leafy Vision of the Tropics". The New York Times.
- ISBN 978-0-89327-956-1.
Bibliography
- William Howard Adams (1991). Roberto Burle Marx: The Unnatural Art of the Garden. Museum of Modern Art, New York. ISBN 0-8109-6096-6.
- Anita Berrizbeitia (2005). Roberto Burle Marx in Caracas: Parque del Este, 1956–1961. Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Press.
- S. Eliovson; R. Burle Marx (1991). The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-160-2.
- M. Schwartz; M. I. Montero; R. Burle Marx (2001). Roberto Burle Marx. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23290-9.
- Roberto Burle Marx (1982). A Garden is Like a Poem. World Microfilms. ISBN 1-85035-075-2.
- Giulio G. Rizzo (1992). Roberto Burle Marx. Il giardino del Novecento (in Italian). Florence: Cantini editore.
- Giulio G. Rizzo ; Il progetto dei grandi parchi urbani di Roberto Burle Marx, In "Paesaggio Urbano", vol. 4-5; pp. 82-89, 1995.
- Giulio G. Rizzo (2009). Il giardino privato di Roberto Burle Marx: Il Sìtio. Sessant'anni dalla fondazione. Cent'anni dalla nascita di Roberto Burle Marx (in Italian). Roma: Gangemi Editore. ISBN 978-88-492-1987-6.
- Vaccarino, R (2000), Roberto Burle Marx: Landscapes Reflected, Princeton Architectural Press with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Roberto Silva (2006). new Brazilian gardens, the legacy of Burle Marx. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-51286-9.
- Roberto Burle Marx, Lauro Cavalcanti (Editor) (2011). Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape. Actar, Barcelona. ) First English Language Edition.
- Gillian Mawrey (2001). "Roberto Burle Marx". Historic Gardens Review.
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Tributes
On 4 August 2011, Google celebrated Roberto Burle Marx’s 102nd Birthday with a doodle.[1][2]
In 2014, Roberto Burle Marx was commemorated on his 20 year legacy reference: https://issuu.com/alejapv/docs/moderndesigners
External links
- Roberto Burle Marx, Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on March 22, 2006.
- Burle Marx & Cia. Ltda, BR, archived from the original on January 13, 2006.
- Sítio Burle Marx (in Portuguese), BR: IPHAN, archived from the original on June 22, 2007.[dead link]
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, BR: Maria Brazil. Tourist guide page with many pictures.
- Roberto Burle Marx, Land Living, archived from the original on May 11, 2006.
- ^ Desk, OV Digital (August 4, 2023). "4 August: Remembering Roberto Burle Marx on Birthday". Observer Voice. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Roberto Burle Marx's 102nd Birthday". www.google.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.