Arcangelo Ianelli Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Arcangelo Ianelli
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Arcangelo Ianelli, born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1922, embarked on a lifelong journey of artistic exploration that would firmly establish him as a significant figure within the Brazilian abstract art scene. Though largely self-taught, his early dedication to drawing was nurtured by foundational studies in perspective at the São Paulo Association of Fine Arts in 1940 and brief guidance from Colette Puj
ol in private painting lessons during 1942. However, it was a six-month period spent in Waldemar da Costa’s studio around 1944 that proved particularly formative, introducing him to artists like Lothar Charoux, Hermelindo Fiaminghi, and Maria Leontina—a network of peers who would shape his early artistic development. From the outset, Ianelli demonstrated a commitment to technique, even as he forged an independent path, prioritizing se…