São Paulo - Casa das Rosas (State Art Gallery)

Avenida Paulista starts from Praça Oswaldo Cruz, on the edge of the Paraíso district. At the near end of the avenue is the Casa das Rosas ("House of Roses"), with the State Art Gallery (Galeria Estadual de Arte), a 4-storey building with an area of 2845sq.m/3400sq.yds. It was the last building designed by Ramos de Azevedo (d. 1928), who was also responsible for the Municipal Theatre, although building began only seven years after his death.

Glass panels, Belgian floor tiles and Portuguese marble were used in the interior decoration. The building gets its name from the French-style rose gardens planted in geometric patterns which surround it.

The Art Gallery, opened in 1991, displays some 300 works - prints, pictures, sculpture and installations - ranging from work by academic artists such as Oscar Pereira da Silva by way of Di Cavalcanti and Portinari to such representatives of contemporary trends as Arcângelo Ianelli.