Draft:Maria Lídia Magliani

Maria Lidia Dos Santos Magliani (born in Pelotas, RS, Brazil, 1946 - Rio de Janiero, 2012) was a Brazilian visual artist. galleries and museums such as Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) of São Paulo have featured Maria Lídia Magliani's work.

Education and Career
In 1966, Magliani became one of the first black woman to graduate in Arts at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. That same year, she held her first solo exhibition at Galeria Espaço in Porto Alegre, then a new gallery in Rio Grande do Sul. In 1967 she obtained a postgraduate specializing in painting, which remained, along with engraving, her main mediums throughout her career, though she also explored sculpture, illustration, set design and acting.