The term Art Deco was coined after the name of the exposition that marked, in Paris, 1925, the height of the style – Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts). This denomination is recent, at the early 20th century it was called “Modern Style”.
It covers virtually all human creation, in all domains, roughly between 1915 and 1945. Architecture, interior design, fashion, art, industrial design, cinema, graphic arts, advertising, furniture.
The main characteristics are the geometric lines, giving emphasis to aerodynamics, and inspired by many ancient cultures, like Greece, Egypt, among others—and in the case of Brazil the Marajoara Culture (400-1400).
The Brazilian Art Deco Institute was created in October 10, 2005, as a public interest non-governmental organization, by a group of enthusiasts of the style:
Honorary President: Luiz Paulo Conde
President: Márcio Alves Roiter
Vice-President: Luiz Fernando Grabowsky
Advisors:
Piedade Grinberg
Suzete Aché
It has its own headquarters at Pacheco Leão Street #110, in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro.
Our mission:
To preserve, study and celebrate the Art Deco style in Brazil in general, and in Rio de Janeiro in particular, with special interest in the Brazilian Indigenous scion, predominantly influenced by the Marajoara Culture.
To promote seminars, exhibits, guided visits to buildings and private collectors, screenings of documentaries and films.
To publish, three times a year, a newsletter on all events relating to Art Deco.
To offer consulting services to researchers, collectors
and dwellers of Art Deco buildings, in renovations and adaptations.
