Heitor was born in the Rio de Janeiro in 1895.  

A multidisciplinary artist, Heitor dos Prazeres was a composer, musician, woodworker, shoemaker, and tailor. As a self-taught painter, he began his activities in 1937. Memories of his past, scenes of the everyday life of the peripheral population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and their festivities are the main themes of his production. 

Through the movements of the characters’ flowing skirts, arms and legs at different angles, the two-dimensional figures gain rhythm. His relationship with Carnaval permeates a good part of his paintings, for music has always been present in his life, whether through his family, the samba circles, or his direct involvement in the creation of two Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools, Portela and Mangueira.

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