Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Arcangelo Ianelli, born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1922, embarked on a lifelong journey of artistic exploration that would firmly establish him as a significant figure within the Brazilian abstract art scene. Though largely self-taught, his early dedication to drawing was nurtured by foundational studies in perspective at the São Paulo Association of Fine Arts in 1940 and brief guidance from Colette Pu…