Peixero

da Costa, Humberto: Peixero
25in. x 19in.
oil on canvas

HGH comments: Humberto de Costa is the second artist of my Brazil harvest and was acquired at the same time as Fernando da Silva’s and Jose Saboia’s work. I must have had a keen eye when I asked the cab driver to stop the car for me to jump out after I saw the window of a gallery in Rio. He had only naïves. Luckily I caught it out of the corner of my eye. Humberto’s work is interesting because of his very sophisticated styling — he could well not be a naïve painter.