Mário Cravo Neto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mário Cravo Neto

Brazilian artist (1947-2009)

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Date of Death: 09-Aug-2009

Profession: photographer, painter, sculptor

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mário Cravo Neto (Salvador, April 20, 1947 — Salvador, August 9, 2009) was a Brazilian photographer, sculptor and draughtsman.
Mário Cravo, son of the sculptor Mário Cravo Júnior, is considered one of the most important photographers of Brazil.
Since his early life, he was in contact with circle of artists and, when an adolescent, he met Pierre Verger, friend of his father.
In 1968, he studied for two years at the Art Students League of New York.
After that, he returned to Brazil and first exhibited the sculptures created in New York at the 12th São Paulo Art Biennial.
He worked mainly with black-and-white photography, and representing the religion of Candomble. In 2005, he exhibited at Rencontres d'Arles festival. He died in 2009 in Salvador due to skin cancer.
Neto is the father of Brazilian photographer Christian Cravo.