João Marques de Oliveira
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João Marques de Oliveira (1853-1927) was a Portuguese
naturalist
painter.
He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Porto and in 1873 travelled to France
with is colleague António Silva Porto, where they studied with academical painters Adolphe Yvon
and Alexandre Cabanel
. They became familiar with the French naturalist school of painting. They both introduced naturalism to Portugal
when they returned in 1879. Marques de Oliveira painting is more open to impressionist influences in some of his most innovative works.
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
naturalist
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...
painter.
He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Porto and in 1873 travelled to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
with is colleague António Silva Porto, where they studied with academical painters Adolphe Yvon
Adolphe Yvon
Adolphe Yvon was a French painter known for his paintings from the Napoleonic Wars. Yvon studied under Paul Delaroche, rose to fame during the Second Empire, then finished his career as a teacher....
and Alexandre Cabanel
Alexandre Cabanel
Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter.- Biography :Cabanel was born in Montpellier, Hérault. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter...
. They became familiar with the French naturalist school of painting. They both introduced naturalism to Portugal
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...
when they returned in 1879. Marques de Oliveira painting is more open to impressionist influences in some of his most innovative works.