José Maria dos Reis Júnior, um artista em construção: a crítica de arte e as várias possibilidades do debate sobre modernidade artística.

Abstract

This dissertation has the objective to discute the artistic and professional trajetory of José Maria dos Reis Júnior, and the literary works he produced along his carrer. Born at Uberaba-MG, attended many artistic learning places at Brazil and around the world, and was present at the main debates of the century XX artistic movements. The organization of his work was given as follow: a brief biographical analysis; the study of two screens, one of it “A Retirada da Laguna”, painted in year 1921, at the city of Rio de Janeiro, and the “Retrato de Piolin”, done at the capital of São Paulo; and, to finish, the analysis of his books and some artistic reviews he wrote and publish at journalistic columns.