Marianne Peretti

Marianne Peretti (born 1927 in Paris) is a Franco-Brazilian artist.

Peretti was born of a Spanish mother and a Brazilian father from Pernambuco in France. In France, Peretti studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Still in France, she illustrated various books and magazines and made her first exposition.

Peretti has lived in Brazil since 1953, when she moved to São Paulo. There, she won the award of best book cover at the São Paulo Art Biennial. Since then, she made various independent expositions and worked with various architects.

In Brazil, Peretti met architect Oscar Niemeyer. Since then, her works were part of several Niemeyer buildings, such as the stained glass at the Cathedral of Brasília.

There are several Peretti works in various cities. In Brasília, she designed the stained glasses of the Cathedral of Brasília, Panteão da Pátria, Palace of the Jaburu, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil and Federal Senate of Brazil, Superior Court of Justice and Memorial JK.

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