Between the 1950s and 1960 in São Paulo, one can see the construction of a large number of modern buildings with a new, updated connection to the decorative arts. They are works which establish partnership between architects and artists. The latter created several panels made of glass mosaic, pottery, frescoes and tiles.
The implementation of these panels mobilized the working together of national and international names such as Oscar Niemeyer, Candido Portinari, Clovis Graciano, Vilanova Artigas, Roberto Burle Marx, Bramante Buffoni, among others. The topics covered in these works range from motes depicting the identity and memory of São Paulo: pioneers, the work and the industry, but can also choose abstract forms, expressing a debate between figuration and abstraction, recurrent at the time. In this context, these works allow reflection on the insertion of a decorative program in modern architecture and the international debate on the synthesis of the arts.