A Life Shaped by Displacement: The World of Mira Schendel Mira Schendel, born Myrrha Dagmar Dub in Zurich in 1919, was an artist whose life and work were profoundly marked by the tumultuous currents of the 20th century. Her journey—from a childhood steeped in European intellectualism to a self-imposed exile in Brazil—forged a unique artistic vision characterized by abstraction, linguistic exploration, and a deep contemplation of the human condition. The shadow of displacement loomed large over Schendel’s early years. Born into a Jewish family but baptized Catholic at her mother's insistence,…