Lampião
Signed original etching with aquatint. As a part of Ron King's Brazil and Bandits series.
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço. Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s.
When King was 12 years old he found a book in his father's study, and it was in the pages that he first encountered the story, imagery and characters of Lampião and his band. The book was titled (translated) 'How I Bumped off Lampião' and was written by Captain Bezerra, who caught and shot eleven of the gang. The gruesome image of their decapitated heads, displayed to prove their capture and deaths, had fascinated Ron ever since.
Inspired by the folklore and imagery of the bandits, King has come back to the subject many times, with Lampião taking centre stage in many forms.
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço. Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s.
When King was 12 years old he found a book in his father's study, and it was in the pages that he first encountered the story, imagery and characters of Lampião and his band. The book was titled (translated) 'How I Bumped off Lampião' and was written by Captain Bezerra, who caught and shot eleven of the gang. The gruesome image of their decapitated heads, displayed to prove their capture and deaths, had fascinated Ron ever since.
Inspired by the folklore and imagery of the bandits, King has come back to the subject many times, with Lampião taking centre stage in many forms.
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Signed original etching with aquatint. As a part of Ron King's Brazil and Bandits series.
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço. Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s.
When King was 12 years old he found a book in his father's study, and it was in the pages that he first encountered the story, imagery and characters of Lampião and his band. The book was titled (translated) 'How I Bumped off Lampião' and was written by Captain Bezerra, who caught and shot eleven of the gang. The gruesome image of their decapitated heads, displayed to prove their capture and deaths, had fascinated Ron ever since.
Inspired by the folklore and imagery of the bandits, King has come back to the subject many times, with Lampião taking centre stage in many forms.
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço. Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s.
When King was 12 years old he found a book in his father's study, and it was in the pages that he first encountered the story, imagery and characters of Lampião and his band. The book was titled (translated) 'How I Bumped off Lampião' and was written by Captain Bezerra, who caught and shot eleven of the gang. The gruesome image of their decapitated heads, displayed to prove their capture and deaths, had fascinated Ron ever since.
Inspired by the folklore and imagery of the bandits, King has come back to the subject many times, with Lampião taking centre stage in many forms.
