Artist

Dalton Paula

Brazilian, b. 1982

Dalton Paula is a Brazilian Contemporary Realism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Dalton Paula was born in Brasília.

Dalton Paula (born 1982) is a Brazilian artist. Paula's work draws on Afro-Brazilian traditions, and features portraits of contemporary subjects dressed in a historical style. Andrea K. Scott, writing for The New Yorker, has likened the style to retratos pintados, hand-painted photographs from rural Brazil.

The artists's work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Art Institute of Chicago, and the São Paulo Museum of Art.

Works by Dalton Paula

Collections represented

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