The Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral (Capivari, 1886-Sao Paulo, 1973) is an icon of modern Brazilian art and the Latin American avant-garde. The daughter of a family of coffee landowners, her grandfather owned up to 400 slaves working on the estates. In addition to receiving piano and French lessons, she and her sister Cecilia boarded at the Colegio del Sagrado Corazón in Barcelona between 1902 and 1904, where Tarsila excelled. At the time when do Amaral was training, Paris was the art capital, and if she wanted to succeed internationally, it was essential to settle there, as can be seen in the major exhibition dedicated to her by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao until June 1st, entitled Tarsila do Amaral. Painting modern Brazil.