{"title":"Correa, Alvim","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenrique Alvim Corrêa (1876-1910)\u003c\/strong\u003e, known professionally as Alvim Correa, was a Brazilian illustrator of military and science fiction books. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, and died in Brussels. He is best known for his illustrations of a French translation of H. G. Wells's novel 'The War of the Worlds'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorrêa went to live in Europe in 1892 at the age of 16, shortly after the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil, taken by José Mendes de Oliveira Castro, his stepfather.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1903, he produced a series of 132 notable illustrations, 32 of which were used in the book \u003cstrong\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e, by H. G. Wells. After the author's approval in 1905, who considered the work superior to that of Warwick Goble, Corrêa's work was published in a luxury edition printed in 500 copies in 1906 by L. Vandamme \u0026amp; Cie in a French translation by H.D. Davray. The Belgian edition received a special circulation of 500 copies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorrea built a press in his Watermael-Boitsfort studio. He also produced artistic works on military life, mainly on the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). He also produced other works of an erotic nature, signed as 'Henri LeMort'. In the composition of some of these works, Blanche, his future wife, posed as a model. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1914, when Germany invaded Belgium during World War I, some of his drawings were stolen or destroyed. In 1942, during World War II, some of his illustrations were lost when the ship that transported them to Brazil sank, torpedoed by a German submarine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first public exhibition of his work happened in 1972 at the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP). Others would follow, such as those of 1977 and 1990, at the National Museum of Fine Arts, and in 1981 at the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation, both in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In 2004, his work was exhibited at the Science Fiction Museum (EMP Museum), in Seattle, USA, on its inauguration. In 2016, his work was presented at the contemporary art exhibition Ulla, Ulla, Ulla! Martians, Aliens, Intergalactics and Humans at the Casanova Gallery in São Paulo. In 1985, Alvim's engravings depicting nude and\/or abused women were included in the book Baco e Anas Brasileira, by the Goetian poet Yêda Schmaltz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlvim Corrêa died in 1910, at the age of 34 and his body was transferred to Brazil, being buried in the city of Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"war-of-the-worlds-1906-alvim-correa-1876-1910-32-images","title":"War of the Worlds 1906 - Alvim Correa (1876-1910) - 32 images","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThe War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H.G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. 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