# Tarsila do Amaral's most famous works

The paintings by the great Brazilian modernist that appear on every list, from Abaporu to Operários.

- 11 votes · 17 items
- Nov 30, 2023 · Paulo Azevedo Dias
- https://even.best/en/l/2398/tarsila-do-amaral-s-most-famous-works

## Top 17

1. **Abaporu** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1928. A birthday present for Oswald de Andrade; it inspired the Anthropophagic Manifesto.
2. **Operários (Workers)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1933. Workers' faces in front of São Paulo's factories.
3. **A Negra** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1923. A monumental figure painted in Paris.
4. **Sol Poente (Setting Sun)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1929. Tropical nature in cubist shapes.
5. **A Lua (The Moon)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1928. Acquired by MoMA in New York.
6. **Urutu (The Egg)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1928. A snake and an egg, almost surreal.
7. **Manacá** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1927. A flower turned into pure form.
8. **Religião Brasileira** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1927. A colourful folk altar.
9. **Carnaval em Madureira** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1924. An Eiffel Tower in a Rio suburb.
10. **Morro da Favela** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1924. The "country" colours of the Pau-Brasil phase.
11. **E.F.C.B. (Central Railway of Brazil)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1924. Tracks, signals and poles in bright colours.
12. **O Mamoeiro (The Papaya Tree)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1925. Houses and trees from the Pau-Brasil phase.
13. **Segunda Classe (Second Class)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1933. Poor passengers, from her social phase.
14. **Self-Portrait (Manteau rouge)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1923. The painter in a red coat in Paris.
15. **Antropofagia** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1929. It brings together the figures of A Negra and Abaporu.
16. **A Cuca** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1924. A creature from Brazilian folklore.
17. **O Lago (The Lake)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1928. A dreamlike landscape from the anthropophagic phase.

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