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Romero Britto was born in Recife, Brazil in 1963. There is an almost fairy-tale quality to his story. As a creative yet impoverished child from Brazil, Britto often painted images on scraps of cardboard and newspaper. At first, he did not understand art as a profession until his older brother brought home books about famous artists like Toulouse Lautrec. Britto began copying the works of these masters from the books he got from his brother day after day. In the beginning, art was an outlet Britto used to escape even through his teenage years and early twenties when Romero was working toward entry into law school. Romero has explored many media including watercolor, pen and ink, serigraphy, lithography, acrylic, and even finger paint. He had drive and passion to excel and prospered academically, but Britto was continuously pulled toward his creative roots with a determination to learn & succeed, Britto traveled from Brazil to Europe and then from Europe to the United States to exhibit and sell his art.

In 1988, Britto moved to Miami and emerged as an int

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Romero Britto

Pop Art developed at the beginning of the 1960s as a counterpoint to the ideas of Abstract Expressionism of the post-war era, using the stylistic elements of everyday life and the artistic form concept of comics. The ordinary is elevated to the status of a work of art.

With black-framed colour surfaces, Romero Britto stylises the pictorial theme into precise figures that live through their bright colours without any illusion of depth or plasticity, appealing directly to the viewer's feelings. He designs the coloured areas with geometric patterns such as lines, circles, and hatchings. In this way, they retain the characteristics of a comic strip and tell imaginative stories to every viewer.

Like no other artist, Britto cooperates with influential brands such as Audi, BMW, Absolut-Vodka, Apple, Pepsi, and Disney. The life-affirming message of his playful images helps the artist in his work with many foundations, which he supports with the "Britto Foundation", founded in 2007. Today, Britto's works are traded for several tens of thousands of euros.

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While Romero Britto maintains, "I was born to paint life in a different way, rejoicing in the beauty our world has to offer," he is certainly no stranger to hardship. While his art has been reproduced to help organizations raise funds for their causes, some of Britto's proudest moments have come from interacting with those who will specifically benefit from his art: painting with children afflicted with often fatal diseases to simply visiting with others who stay at the hospitals that own his oversize murals. Of course, the financial needs of these organizations and the families whom they help are always at the fore.

In 1999, a Britto original, "Cheek to Cheek," brought $100,000 at live auction to the Agassi Foundation in Las Vegas, Nevada. Romero Britto has prided himself for never saying "no" on any occasion to an organization in need. In Britto's words, "I feel lucky to have been given the gift of creativity so that I may share my vision of a better world. I will never forget what it was like to be poor."

To date, Britto's art is shown in over 140 galleries