{"Id":7456,"Name":"Gilberto Geraldo","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003E Contact Info:\u003C/u\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWebsite: \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.gilbertogeraldo.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.gilbertogeraldo.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:contact@gilbertogeraldo.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Econtact@gilbertogeraldo.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESkype: gilbertogeraldo.com\u003Cbr\u003EPhone: 55 11 99626-3533\u003Cbr\u003EIM: gilbertogeraldo.com@hotmail.com \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAtelier\u003Cbr\u003EAv. Guarulhos, 270 - Recanto Alpina, Santa Isabel, SP, Brasil - 07500-000 \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELine 5, building 2/19, apartment 20, Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia 199034\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBorn in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he started his dedication towards paintings and drawings by the age of 11 with a clear goal of becoming an artist. By the age of 16, he was made a member of the Artists Association of Sao Paulo. Nevertheless he was not intimidated by the premature and ascending success of his career, moving on into his studies and researches, searching for the excellence of his art. His professors were Salvador Rodrigues Junior, Sante Bullo and Giovanni Oppido. In his creations, being a simple study or a more complex composition, he is always making use of the nature as a source of information and inspiration.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOn his journey to Russia in 1999, the beginning of a new artistic stage took place in his career. In the first year, he studied at the V. A. Surikov Institute, Moscow. In 2000, he was transferred to Saint Petersburg, being accepted as a student at the I. E. Repin State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture. In his first year at the Academy, he attended Yuri Kalyuta and Vladimir Stetsenko\u0027s Studio. In the second year, he attended professors Sergey Pichahchi and Gennadi Monasherov\u0027s Studio. The following years up to his majoring, he attended painting lessons with master Vasily Sokolov and his assistant Vasily Rudnev and drawing lessons with Professor Vladimir Mogilevtsev.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThroughout his majoring, Gilberto Geraldo painted copies of great masters at the Hermitage Museum: \u003Ci\u003EFlora\u003C/i\u003E, Rembrandt Van Rijn; \u003Ci\u003EThe Lute Player\u003C/i\u003E, Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio; and \u003Ci\u003EPortrait of Princess Catarina Van Leunink\u003C/i\u003E, Gerard Terborch.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGilberto Geraldo received the highest awards in the major and most prestigious Art Competitions of Brazil, being also invited as a jury member in many others. He had his works in individual and group exhibitions and many of his pieces are part of private collections in Brazil and abroad. He has been the first Brazilian artist majoring at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg. Academy founded in 1757, graduating artists who have become masters of the Russian Art, such as Karl Briullov, Alexander Ivanov, Ilya Repin, Ivan Kramskoi, Ivan Shishkin, Valentin Serov, Henryk Siemiradzki, Nikolai Fechin, among many others. Many of Gilberto\u0027s works, during his years as a student, were kept in the Academy Museum collection. He received awards in many internal Art Competitions and two of his works, part of the Academy collection, are published in the book \u003Ci\u003EAcademic Drawings and Sketches\u003C/i\u003E, presented by Professor Vladimir Mogilevtsev.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn 2007, he defended his diploma, with honors, in a work entitled \u003Ci\u003EBrazilian Indians\u003C/i\u003E. Also, he became a member of the Russian Artists Association of Saint Petersburg.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGilberto Geraldo is currently preparing his dissertation for the doctorate degree in History of Art.","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":28}