São Paulo Museum of Art facts for kids
| Museu de Arte de São Paulo | |
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| Established | 1947 |
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| Location | Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Visitors | 314,859 (in 2015) |
| Public transit access |  Trianon-Masp |
The São Paulo Museum of Art (Portuguese: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or MASP) is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is well known for its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo Bardi, whose main body is supported by two lateral beams over a 74 metres (243 ft) freestanding space, considered a landmark of the city and a main symbol of modern Brazilian architecture.
The museum is a private non-profit institution founded in 1947 by Assis Chateaubriand and Pietro Maria Bardi. MASP distinguished itself for many important initiatives concerning museology and art education in Brazil, as well as for its pioneering role as a cultural center. It was also the first Brazilian museum interested in Post-World War II art.
The museum is internationally recognized for its collection of European art, considered the finest in Latin America and all Southern Hemisphere. It also houses an emphatic assemblage of Brazilian art, prints and drawings, as well as smaller collections of African and Asian art, antiquities, decorative arts, and others, amounting to more than 8,000 pieces. MASP also has one of the largest art libraries in the country. The entire collection has been named by Brazil's Institute of History and Art to the Brazilian National Heritage list.
Images for kids
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Assis Chateaubriand.
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Pietro Maria Bardi.
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Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445–1510). Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist, 1490/1500. Tempera on panel, diameter 74 cm.
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Attributed to Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606–1669). Portrait of a Young Man with a Golden Chain, c. 1635. Oil on panel, 57 x 44 cm.
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Aerial view of MASP.
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MASP auditorium.
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Exhibition room, São Paulo Museum of Art.
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Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish, 1577–1640). Portrait of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, c. 1615/32. Oil on canvas, 200 x 118 cm.
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Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Portrait of Cardinal Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, c. 1798/1800. Oil on canvas, 200 x 106 cm.
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Almeida Júnior (1850–1899). Girl with a Book
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Titian (Italian, 1488/90-1576) Portrait of Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo, 1552.
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Renoir, Pink and Blue, Paris, 1881.
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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779). Portrait of Auguste Gabriel Godefroy, 1741.
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Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641) Portrait of William Howard, 1638/40.
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Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830) The sons of Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1806.
See also
In Spanish: Museo de Arte de São Paulo para niños
