Roberto Burle Marx

Roberto Burle Marx (1909, 1994) was a Brazilian artist, landscape architect, and environmentalist renowned for introducing modernist design principles to landscape architecture, most famously through his iconic mosaic-patterned promenades and gardens in Rio de Janeiro. His multidisciplinary practice encompassed painting, tapestry, jewelry design, and printmaking, all informed by a deep engagement with Brazil's native flora and bold, biomorphic abstraction. Burle Marx is celebrated as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century design, whose work bridged fine art and the natural environment.