Rubem Valentim

b. 1922, Salvador, Brazil; d. 1991, São Paulo

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Rubem Valentim was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A self-taught artist, he started to paint as a child, doing figure and landscapes for Christmas crèches.

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