"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 本文以1941年于里约热内卢国家美术博物馆（National Museum of Fine Arts，MNBA）举办的英国儿童绘画作品展为研究对象，分析其在第二次世界大战背景下作为向美洲地区宣传英国文化的实践活动，同时也是20世纪上半叶发起的一系列面向儿童的艺术教育项目的组成部分。为以现代视角探讨儿童艺术，借鉴图雷纳（Touraine）与伯曼（Berman）的理论思考展开研究具有重要意义；该研究路径遵循勒佩蒂（Lepetit）、格里博迪（Gribaudi）与雷韦尔（Revel）所提及的尺度研究范式，以更贴近该历史事件的细致视角开展分析。本文所用研究资料包括报纸文章与展览目录。