“The Santa Helena group stands out in the new generation of the 1930s, whose painting was open to plastic research, dedicated especially to landscape, but also producing in the studio still lifes, portraits, studies of human figures in different type compositions. The artists of the group also joined the struggle for providing space to exhibit modern art in the cultural environment of the time in the city of São Paulo. There were no museums, art galleries or cultural centers oriented towards modern art at that time. Academicism dominated the public taste used to fine arts salons and to the cultural market identified by the academies’ aesthetic. The Santa Helena group belongs to a generation of painters responsible for something quite meaningful: thanks to their efforts, the public was able to be in touch with the art of their time.”