José Malhoa
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José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (Caldas da Rainha
, 28 April 1855 ; Figueiró dos Vinhos
, 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese
painter.
Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting
, in the second half of the 19th century. He painted often popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings, "The Drunks" (1907) and "Fado" (1910). He always remained faithful to the naturalist style, but in some of is works, there are impressionist influences, like in his "Autumn" (1918), that can be considered as an "impressionist exercise".
He saw at the end of his life, the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum
, in Caldas da Rainha
.
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha is a city in western central Portugal. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and is the seat of the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste...
, 28 April 1855 ; Figueiró dos Vinhos
Figueiró dos Vinhos
Figueiró dos Vinhos is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 173.4 km² and a total population of 7,080 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 5 parishes, and is located in Leiria District....
, 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
painter.
Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro , who is usually referred to as Columbano, was a Portuguese Realist painter...
, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting
Naturalism (art)
Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. The Realism movement of the 19th century advocated naturalism in reaction to the stylized and idealized depictions of subjects in Romanticism, but many painters have adopted a similar approach over the centuries...
, in the second half of the 19th century. He painted often popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings, "The Drunks" (1907) and "Fado" (1910). He always remained faithful to the naturalist style, but in some of is works, there are impressionist influences, like in his "Autumn" (1918), that can be considered as an "impressionist exercise".
He saw at the end of his life, the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum
José Malhoa Museum
The Museu de José Malhoa , in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painter José Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957. The museum is...
, in Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha is a city in western central Portugal. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and is the seat of the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste...
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