"THE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF US": EDUCATION, ART AND POLITICS AT THE BRITISH SCHOOLCHILDREN’S DRAWINGS EXHIBITION (1941)

Abstract This article analyzes the British Children’s Drawings Exhibition, held at the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) in Rio de Janeiro in 1941, as an effort to publicize British culture in the Americas in the context of World War II, but also as part of a series of educational initiatives involving art aimed at children and developed during the first half of the twentieth century. In order to think about children's art in a modern perspective, the dialogue with Touraine and Berman's reflections becomes relevant in an approach that privileges a closer lens in relation to the historical event, according to the scale games referred to by Lepetit, Gribaudi and Revel. As sources, we used newspaper articles and exhibition catalogs.

摘要 本文针对1941年于里约热内卢国家美术馆（MNBA）举办的英国儿童绘画展展开分析，该展览既是二战背景下英国向美洲地区传播本土文化的宣传举措，亦是20世纪上半叶一系列以艺术为载体、面向儿童的教育实践的组成部分。为以现代视角探讨儿童艺术议题，结合图雷纳（Touraine）与伯曼（Berman）的相关论述具备重要参考价值；本研究参照勒皮泰（Lepetit）、格里博迪（Gribaudi）与雷韦尔（Revel）提出的尺度游戏分析框架，以更贴近该历史事件的微观视角开展研究。本研究的史料来源为当时的报刊文章与展览目录。