Belmonte (cartoonist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Belmonte (cartoonist)

Brazilian painter, caricaturist, cartoonist, chronicler, and illustrator

Date of Birth: 15-May-1896

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1947

Profession: illustrator, painter, cartoonist, chronicler, caricaturist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Belmonte (cartoonist)

  • Belmonte, the pseudonym of Benedito Carneiro Bastos Barreto (São Paulo, 1897 – São Paulo, 1947), was a Brazilian caricaturist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, journalist and historian, who began his career in 1912.Without a doubt the greatest figure in caricature in São Paulo in the first half of the twentieth century, Belmonte is best remembered today as the creator of the most popular character in the São Paulo press at that time, Juca Pato.In 1936, Belmonte's political cartoons with Juca Pato started to appear in the newspaper Folha da Manhã, beginning a long series (lasting until 1946) about World War II (1939–1945).

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