Dulce worked as an artist in Brazil for many years. Her grandson believes he remembers the painting in my collection from his childhood. He confirmed that the signature matches those from other of her works.

    Though primarily an oil painter, the painting above does not appear to be an oil, but perhaps a watercolor or colored pencil drawing. Hard to say for sure from this image.
    The date of Dulce's death is not known, but was after 1964.

    Eumelia Bravo Herrera is an art professor at the School of Fine Arts in Cordoba, Argentina. I have found few mentions of her, so far. I will update her biography as I discover more information about her. Bravo served on the jury of the 2006 Second National Exhibition in Cordoba. This painting was pictured in a Cordoba newspaper article about an artist group of which Eumelia was a member. I purchased this painting from a seller in Los Angeles, CA.

    The signature on this painting is difficult to decipher, but to me appears to be D. Silvy or D. Silva. This is obviously the work of a professional artist, probably produced for the tourist trade. The is a notation inked on the back of the frame that says "Purchased in Sao Paola, Brazil, 1962". Probably supposed to be Sao Paolo. I think this painting is quite striking and compares favorably to the painting by Reinaldo Manzke, shown below. There does appear to be a similarity in style between the two. I wonder if this style was popular in Brazil in the 1960s?  This painting was one of a pair offered on ebay in early 2009. The seller's images sucked (technical term) and I was not able to tell how nice this was until I received it. Sorry I did not bid on the other painting, now. Probably from an estate sale. Ana Dora, whose work is shown below, graciously offered to see if she could find out anything about this artist. It is a happy coincidence that she also lives in Sao Paolo.

    Ana Dora  has been a professional artist since 1973. She lives and works in Sao Paolo, Brazil and exhibits her work throughout South America. Her descriptions on ebay of her work are are so precise, that I am including them on my web site. She notes that each print is produced by her on her own hand press. Very cool. She also explains the mechanics of each process that she uses. Her work is unique and created with great attention to quality and detail. Her ebay id is ana.dora.

    I like the colors in the Samurai, but also the fact that it leaves so much to the imagination and interpretation of the viewer. I also like the mixture of several mediums. This piece has a lot of depth.

 
   This one reminds of Easter, sort of an Easter egg hunt in a tree. The contrasting colors are what first attracted me to this one. Next I was struck by the character of the gnarled tree trunk. There is probably a children's story in this painting. I really like her work,  but her packing was not great. The three items above were purchased separately and each arrived with some damage as a result.

    I have not been able to identify the artist of this whimsical Peruvian scene, yet. At least my guess is Peru. I wonder if similar scenes might not be found in other parts of what once was the Inca empire in Ecuador and Bolivia? I did find a few images of similarly dressed women in street scenes of Cuzco, Peru using Google Images. There were also similarly constructed balconies in some of these images. The buildings in this painting certainly give the impression that they are built on the ruins of Inca foundations. I am including an image of the signature below. Probably for the tourist trade. I like the whimsy, color, and artist's use of shadow and blowing snow in this painting. Nicely done scene of a cold, breezy winter morning in the narrow city streets of a South American city. I'd appreciate an help in identifying this artist.