List of Portuguese painters
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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...
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Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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- Jorge AfonsoJorge AfonsoJorge Afonso was an important Portuguese Renaissance painter.Jorge Afonso was nominated royal painter in 1508 by King Manuel I and again in 1529 by John III. He was mainly based in Lisbon, with a workshop near the Church of São Domingos...
(c. 1470-1540) - Nadir AfonsoNadir AfonsoNadir Afonso, GOSE is a geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in Paris and became one of the pioneers in Kinetic art, working alongside Victor Vasarely,...
(b. 1920); see also Nadir Afonso artworksNadir Afonso artworksThis is a list of Nadir Afonso artworks: paintings, engravings, and architecture.All data was sourced from websites and from the books and catalogues listed in the main Nadir Afonso article.-Paintings:... - Almada Negreiros, José de: see under Negreiros: José de Almada Negreiros (1893–1970)
- Francisco Keil do AmaralFrancisco Keil do AmaralFrancisco Caetano Keil Coelho do Amaral, 2nd Viscount of Pedralva , was a Portuguese architect, painter and photographer...
, 1910–1975
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- René Bértholo
- Maria Alexandrina Chaves Berger
- Pedro BoesePedro BoesePedro Boese is a German/Portuguese painter.-Life and work:Pedro Boese was born in Beira, Mozambique,*1993 - 1997 graduation from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht in painting and etching...
(b. 1972) - Carlos BotelhoCarlos Botelho (painter)Carlos Botelho , was a Portuguese painter, illustrator and caricaturist, whose works are shown at the Chiado and Calouste Gulbenkian museums of Lisbon and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art....
(1899–1982)
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- Pedro CalapezPedro CalapezPedro Calapez, is a Portuguese painter.He began taking part in exhibitions in the seventies and in 1982 had his first solo exhibition...
(b. 1953) - Nuno de CamposNuno de CamposNuno de Campos is a Portuguese painter, living in New York City, United States.-Life and work:Nuno de Campos was born in Porto, Portugal,His paintings are done in tempera, and are known for their luminous quality...
(b. 1969) - Amadeo de Souza CardosoAmadeo de Souza CardosoAmadeo de Souza Cardoso was a Portuguese artist, working in the style of the vanguard of his time. Although he lived a short life, his workmanship was legendary.- Life :He was born in Mancelos, a parish of Amarante...
(1887–1918) - Manuel CarmoManuel CarmoJorge Manuel do Carmo Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese artist and author.Having practised as a lawyer, he performed, in earlier years, as a deputy to the Chairmanship of the Council of Ministers during the VII Constitutional Government, as Chairman of the European cooperation NGO Latin American...
(b. 1958) - António CarneiroAntónio CarneiroAntónio Carneiro was a Portuguese painter, perhaps the most innovative from the second naturalist generation, even more than Aurélia de Souza....
(1872–1930) - Lourdes de Castro
- Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Mário: see under Vasconcelos: Mário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny is among the most important Portuguese surrealist poets, having published several major works during a career spanning 50 years...
(1923–2006) - Coelho, José Dias: see under Dias: José Dias CoelhoJosé Dias CoelhoJosé Dias Coelho was a Portuguese painter and sculptor, an anti-fascist and an important member of the Portuguese Communist Party....
(1923–1961) - Domingos da Cunha, O Cabrinha (17th century, first half)
- Constança Araújo, (b. 1984)
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- Garcia FernandesGarcia FernandesGarcia Fernandes was a Portuguese Renaissance painter. Like many of painters of the time, Garcia Fernandes was a pupil in the Lisbon workshop of Jorge Afonso, who was the court painter of King Manuel I....
(died c. 1565) - Vasco FernandesVasco FernandesVasco Fernandes , better known as Grão Vasco, was one of the main Portuguese Renaissance painters.Vasco Fernandes was probably born in Viseu, in Northern Portugal, where he began his career in the team of painters executing the main altarpiece of Viseu Cathedral . Between 1506 and 1511 he painted...
(c. 1475-c. 1542) - Cristóvão de FigueiredoCristóvão de FigueiredoCristovão de Figueiredo was a Portuguese Renaissance painter.Like many other important painters of the time, Cristovão de Figueiredo was a pupil of Master Jorge Afonso, in Lisbon, in the early 16th century...
(died c. 1540) - Fonseca, Maria Inês Ribeiro da: see under Ribeiro: Maria Inês Ribeiro da FonsecaMaria Inês Ribeiro da FonsecaMenez or Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca, GOSE was a Portuguese painter. Her major body of work consists of paintings and drawings but she also produced ceramics, engravings, silk-screen prints and tapestries....
(1926–1995)
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- Luis GeraldesLuis GeraldesLuis Pereira Geraldes , is a contemporary metaphysical Portuguese artist. He is more widely known for his oil painting although he has produced a vast amount of sculpture and drawing. His art can be labelled as metaphysical or spiritual...
(b. 1957) - Nuno GonçalvesNuno GonçalvesNuno Gonçalves was a 15th century Portuguese artist credited for the painting of the paineis de São Vicente de Fora . The panels depict the main elements of Portuguese society in the 15th century: clergy, nobility and common people....
(15th century, second half) - Gouveia, Ricardo: see under Rigo 23Rigo 23Rigo 23 , born Ricardo Gouveia, is a Portuguese muralist, painter, and political artist residing in San Francisco, California...
(b. 1966)
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- Francisco HenriquesFrancisco HenriquesFrancisco Henriques was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal in the early 16th century.Around the year 1500 Francisco Henriques came to Portugal from Bruges, where he may have been a disciple of Gerard David...
(d. 1518) - João Navarro Hogan (1914–1988)
- Francisco de HolandaFrancisco de HolandaFrancisco de Holanda , was a Portuguese humanist and painter. Considered to be one of the most important figures of the Portuguese Renaissance, he was also an essayist, architect, and historian...
(c. 1517-1585)
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- Alfredo KeilAlfredo KeilAlfredo Cristiano Keil was a Portuguese romantic composer and painter.Keil was born in Lisbon, the son of Johann Christian Keil and wife Maria Josefina Stellflug...
(1850–1907) - Keil do Amaral, Francisco: see under Amaral: Francisco Keil do AmaralFrancisco Keil do AmaralFrancisco Caetano Keil Coelho do Amaral, 2nd Viscount of Pedralva , was a Portuguese architect, painter and photographer...
(1910–1975)
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- Fernando LanhasFernando LanhasFernando Lanhas, GOSE is a Portuguese painter and architect. He studied architecture but became known as the leading name in Portuguese abstract painting. He started painting in 1944, influenced by music, astronomy, and the international abstract movement...
(b. 1923) - Cristóvão LopesCristóvão LopesCristóvão Lopes was a Portuguese painter.Cristóvão Lopes was the son and disciple of royal painter Gregório Lopes, who died in 1550. Cristóvão succeeded his father as the royal painter of King John III in 1551...
(c. 1516-1594) - Gregório LopesGregório LopesGregório Lopes was one of the most important Renaissance painters from Portugal.Gregório Lopes was educated in the workshop of Jorge Afonso, the court painter of King Manuel I. Later he himself became court painter for both Manuel I and for his successor, John III...
(c. 1490-1550) - Cristobal López (d. 1594)
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- Joaquim Magalhaes
- José MalhoaJosé MalhoaJosé Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa was a Portuguese painter....
(1855–1933) - Maluda
- João Marques de OliveiraJoão Marques de OliveiraJoão Marques de Oliveira 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...
(1853–1927) - Matos, Francisco Vieira de: see Vieira PortuenseVieira PortuenseFrancisco Vieira de Matos , who choose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira.He first...
(1765–1805) - Henrique MedinaHenrique MedinaHenrique Medina de Barros was a Portuguese painter, the son of a Portuguese mother and a Spanish father...
(1901–1988) - Albuquerque MendesAlbuquerque MendesAlbuquerque Mendes is a Portuguese artist. He works in the fields of painting, performance art and installation.-Life and work:...
(b. 1953)
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- Josefa de ÓbidosJosefa de ÓbidosJosefa de Óbidos was a Spanish-born, Portuguese painter from the seventeenth century. Her birth name was Josefa de Ayala Figueira, but she signed her work as, "Josefa em Óbidos" or, "Josefa de Ayalla". She is one of the relatively few female European painters known to have been active in the...
(1630–1684) - Oliveira, João Marques: see under Marques: João Marques de OliveiraJoão Marques de OliveiraJoão Marques de Oliveira 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...
(1853–1927)
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- António Palolo
- Phelgo (late 20th century)
- Columbano Bordalo PinheiroColumbano Bordalo PinheiroColumbano Bordalo Pinheiro , who is usually referred to as Columbano, was a Portuguese Realist painter...
(1857–1929) - Júlio PomarJúlio PomarJulio Pomar, GOL, GCM is a Portuguese painter. He studied painting in both Lisbon and Porto Academy of Fine Arts, in this last he one he joined the group of other fellow artists called Independents....
(b. 1926) - Porto, António Carvalho de Silva: see under Silva Porto: António Carvalho de Silva Porto (1850–1893)
- Henrique PousãoHenrique PousãoHenrique César de Araújo Pousão was a Portuguese painter.- Life :Henrique Pousão was the son of a judge, from a wealthy family of Alentejo. His early talent manifested at the age of ten, when he copied a portrait of Rubens...
(1859–1884)
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- Paula RegoPaula RegoPaula Rego is a painter born in Portugal although she is a naturalised British citizen.-Biography:Rego was born in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the daughter of an electrical engineer who worked for the Marconi Company. Although this gave her a comfortable middle class home, the family was...
(b. 1935) - Pedro Cabrita ReisPedro Cabrita ReisPedro Cabrita Reis is one of the leading Portuguese artists of his generation.Reis has exhibited widely and participated in numerous international exhibitions, including documenta IX in 1992; in 2003 he represented Portugal at the Venice Biennale.Currently, he is participating in the 10th Lyons...
(b. 1956) - Júlio Resende (b. 1917)
- Maria Inês Ribeiro da FonsecaMaria Inês Ribeiro da FonsecaMenez or Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca, GOSE was a Portuguese painter. Her major body of work consists of paintings and drawings but she also produced ceramics, engravings, silk-screen prints and tapestries....
, (Menez) (1926–1995) - Rigo 23Rigo 23Rigo 23 , born Ricardo Gouveia, is a Portuguese muralist, painter, and political artist residing in San Francisco, California...
(b. 1966 as Ricardo Gouveia) - José RodriguesJosé RodriguesJosé Rodrigues de Carvalho was a Portuguese painter.Considered his most famous work, O Pobre Rabequista , painted in 1855, was first shown in Paris at the Universal Exhibition in 1855 and at the International Exposition of Porto in 1865, where he won the second award.-Early life:José Rodrigues,...
(1828–1887) - Rosa Pereira (b. 1958)
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- Abel SalazarAbel SalazarAbel de Lima Salazar , was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto...
(1889–1946) - Domingos SequeiraDomingos SequeiraDomingos António de Sequeira , was a Portuguese painter.-Biography:He was born in Belém, Lisbon, into a modest family. He later changed his family name from Espírito Santo to the more aristocratic Sequeira...
(1768–1837) - Silva, Maria Helena Vieira da: see under Vieira da Silva: Maria Helena Vieira da SilvaMaria Helena Vieira da SilvaMaria Helena Vieira da Silva was a Portuguese-French abstractionist painter.-Life:Vieira da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of eleven she had begun seriously studying drawing and painting at that city's Academia de Belas-Artes...
(1908–1992) - António Carvalho de Silva Porto (1850–1893)
- Amadeo de Souza CardosoAmadeo de Souza CardosoAmadeo de Souza Cardoso was a Portuguese artist, working in the style of the vanguard of his time. Although he lived a short life, his workmanship was legendary.- Life :He was born in Mancelos, a parish of Amarante...
(1887–1918) - Aurélia de SouzaAurélia de SouzaAurélia de Souza was a Portuguese painter.She was born in Valparaíso, Chile. Her parents were emigrants in Brazil and Chile, but they moved back to Porto, Portugal, in 1869. She studyed at the Fine-Arts Academy of Porto, since 1893, where she was a pupil of João Marques de Oliveira, who greatly...
(1867–1922) - Nikias Spakinakis
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- Mário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny is among the most important Portuguese surrealist poets, having published several major works during a career spanning 50 years...
(1923–2006) - Francisco Venegas (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1578-1590) - Marcelino VespeiraMarcelino VespeiraMarcelino Macedo Vespeira was a Portuguese painter.He started to paint in the neo-realist or social realism style, since 1945, but moved to the Surrealist Group, organized in Lisbon, in 1947, were he was one of the leading names. He latter painted also in a more abstract style....
(1925–2002) - Eduardo VianaEduardo VianaEduardo Afonso Viana was a Portuguese painter. He was one of the members of the first modern generation in Portuguese painting, like Amadeo de Souza Cardoso and Almada Negreiros....
(1881–1967) - Maria Helena Vieira da SilvaMaria Helena Vieira da SilvaMaria Helena Vieira da Silva was a Portuguese-French abstractionist painter.-Life:Vieira da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of eleven she had begun seriously studying drawing and painting at that city's Academia de Belas-Artes...
(1908–1992) - Manuel VilarinhoManuel Vilarinho (painter)Manuel Vilarinho, born in Lisbon, 1953, is a Portuguese painter who lives and works in Lisbon. Vilarinho has a degree in painting from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa. He works in the fields of painting and drawing...
(b. 1953)
See also
- Culture of PortugalCulture of PortugalThe culture of Portugal is the result of a complex flow of different civilizations during the past Millennia. From prehistoric cultures, to its Pre-Roman civilizations , passing through its contacts with the Phoenician-Carthaginian world, the Roman period , the...