The black cat, (The black cat) 1954, collection of the MARGS.
Ado Malagoli (Born in Araraquara in 1906 and died in Porto Alegre on March 4, 1994) was a Brazilian painter and teacher. Malagoli graduated in Decorative Arts from the Professional Men's School in 1922. From 1922 to 1928 he studied at the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts of São Paulo, working with Francisco Rebolo Gonzáles in the execution of decorative panels. At that time, he met Alfredo Volpi and Mário Zanini.
In 1928, he entered the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, and in 1933 he joined the Núcleo Bernardelli, alongside João José Rescala, Edson Motta, Milton Dacosta and Joaquim Tenreiro, among others. In 1942, he won the "Premio Viaje," awarded by the National Salon of Fine Arts and went to the United States, where he remained from 1943 to 1946. There he studied History of Art and Museology at the Fine Arts Institute of Columbia University and Museum Organization, at the Brooklin Museum. In 1946, he presented his first solo exhibition at the Careen Gems Gallery in New York. In the same year he returned to Brazil and began his activity as a teacher, in Juiz de Fora. He then returns to Rio de Janeiro and teaches the Brazilian Drawing Association.
In 1952, he transferred to Porto Alegre, where he taught painting at the Institute of Fine Arts of Rio Grande do Sul until 1976. He assumed the position of superintendent of the Artistic Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the State. he was responsible for the entire Culture Division of the Secretariat. In 1954, he created the Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul - MARGS, inaugurated in 1957. He integrated the selection committee of the Gaucho Art Exhibition in 1982.
In 1997, the Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum took its name from Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli Art Museum, in honor of its founder.
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