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NONA ROSTAGNO ~ ART IS ALL AROUND HER…

25 January 2011

Music in the Air

Nona Rostagno

Nona is born in the Ukraine, but for political reasons her father left his country in 1943 to live somewhere else. They went to Brazil. The whole family got the Brazilian nationality. In Brazil Nona had the opportunity to study languages, music and specially art. Her first exhibition was in Germany, in Hamburg, in a Refugee Camp and she was only 5. Since then she never stopped drawing. Lately she discovered that teaching is marvelous as she is able to help many people emotionally.

The painting we see here is about a person that played near her studio. She didnt know him, but now they are friends. He plays for her, calling her…

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