Artist

Carybé

Portrait of Carybé

Brazilian, 1911–1997

Carybé was a Brazilian artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Carybé was born in Lanús.

Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, writer, historian and journalist. His nickname and artistic name, Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure after the meeting of a candomblé community's lay board of directors, the Cruz Santa Opô Afonjá Society, of which he was a member.

Collections represented

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