ABSTRACT
Many authors have discussed Anita Malfatti's paintings, notably Mário de Andrade, her close friend and art critic, who wrote about her relevance for the Brazilian Modern Art, through articles and letters. Besides Mário de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade, another important author of this period was Sérgio Milliet, who promoted the small group of Brazilian artists and writers in the Parisian cultural scene and wrote about them in many occasions. This essay presents and discusses Milliet's art criticism on Anita Malfatti, in order to verify how the author interpreted the transformations in her art during the 1920's, and subsequently, when Brazilian writers were concerned about presenting a history of Brazilian Modern Art.
KEYWORDS
Art Criticism; Sérgio Milliet; Anita Malfatti; Modern Art; Modernism; School of Paris