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Ivan Sache, 21 March 2013Brodowski originates in the establishment of a railway line by the
"Cia. Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro", incorporated in 1872 and presided
by Antonio Queiroz Telles, Count of Parnaíba. After the inauguration
of the station of Batatais on 3 October 1886, in the presence of
Emperor Peter II and Empress Theresa Christina, Colonel Lucio Enéas de
Melo Fagundes and other local landlords offered land to set up another
station between Visconde de Parnaíba and Batatais. The railway company
commissioned his Inspector General and best engineer, the Pole
Alexandre Brodowski, to build the station, which was inaugurated on 5
September 1894. The company named the station Engenheiro Brodowski and
a new town developed nearby, once a district of Batatais.
The municipality of Brodowski was established by Law No. 1,381 of 22
August 1913.
http://www.brodowski.sp.gov.br - Municipal website
Brodowski is the proud birth town of the artist Cândido Portinari
(1903-1962), considered as the worldwide most renowned Brazilian
painter.
Portinari became famous for his murals; in 1939, he designed two big
panels for the Brazilian pavilion at the New York International
Exhibition, while the New York MOMA purchased his work "O Morro". Two
years later, he designed four big murals for the Hispanic Foundation
of the Library of the Congress at Washington. Back to Brazil, he
painted in 1943 eight panels forming the "Biblical Series", strongly
inspired by Picasso's Guernica and the Second World War. Portinari
organized his first exhibition in Europe in Paris in 1946 and was
awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the French government. Portinari's
biggest paintings, the "Guerra e Paz" (War and Peace) panels (10 m x
14 m) were offered in 1956 by the Brazilian government to the new seat
of the United Nations. Portinari was the sole Brazilian artist invited
to the exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of
modern art, organized in 1958 in Brussels. The artist died in 1962,
intoxicated by dyeing products, when preparing an exhibition of some
200 of his works upon invitation by the town of Milan.
http://museucasadeportinari.org.br - "Museu Casa de Portinari"
website
http://www.guerraepaz.org.br - "Guerra e Paz", "Projecto Portinari"
website
The flag of Brodowski is white with the municipal coat of arms in the middle. The locomotive and the painter's palette must be a tribute to Alexandre Brodowski and Candido Portinari, respectively.
Photos:
http://www.brodowski.sp.gov.br/noticia.php?id=196
http://www.brodowski.sp.gov.br/noticia.php?id=148
http://distritolc6.blogspot.fr/2010/12/ata-do-2-comite-assessor-d-3-em.html
http://distritolc6.blogspot.fr/2010/11/2-comite-assessor-d-3-em-brodowski.html
Ivan Sache, 21 March 2013