Friday, February 7, 2025

 <b>José Malhoa</b>
1855 - 1933
<i>José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa 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 often painted 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 his works there are impressionist influences, as in his Autumn (1918), that can be considered an "impressionist exercise".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Malhoa
 
Praia das Maçãs (Apples Beach)
c. 1926
Óleo sobre madeira
69 × 87 cm
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado
http://www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/pt/pecas/ver/24/artist

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Silva Porto
(1850–1893)
 
António Carvalho da Silva known as Silva Porto, was a Portuguese naturalist painter. 
A key figure in naturalism, known for plein air painting inspired by the French Barbizon school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_Porto_(painter)


The return from the market
1886
Oil on canvas
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado
http://museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/pt/pecas/ver/438/artist

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

José Ferreira Chaves
1838 - 1899
 
José Ferreira Chaves CvSE was a Portuguese painter of the 19th century.
He did not pursue an artistic career professionally, entering the bureaucracy, as an employee in the Secretariat of the Lisbon City Council, where he rose from Aspirant to 3rd Officer, 2nd Officer and 1st Officer, until, in 1890, he was appointed Director-General of the Treasury Services.
He managed to harmonize his official life with his artistic tendencies, where he achieved high and honorable mentions. He dedicated himself especially to flower painting, still life and portraiture. He was a member of the Sociedade Promotora de Belas Artes, in whose exhibitions he almost always participated, winning several medals. At the Porto International Exhibition in 1865, he received an Honorable Mention, and at another Exhibition in the same city, a Gold Medal.[1] On October 27, 1868, he was named Academician of Merit of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Lisbon, being elected Vice-President in 1894 and successively reelected in several years.


https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Ferreira_Chaves


Ritrato de menina (Portrait of a girl)
1872
Oil on canvas
80.5 x 74,7 cm
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado
http://www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/pt/pecas/ver/42/artist

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tomás da Anunciação
(1821–1879)
 
Tomás José da Anunciação was a Portuguese romantic painter famous for rural landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomás_da_Anunciação



O Vitelo (The Calf)
1873
Oil on canvas
75 x 125 cm
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado, Lisbon Portugal
http://www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/ArtistPieces/view/10

Monday, February 3, 2025

Luís de Meneses
(1817 - 1878)
 
D. Luís de Miranda Pereira Henriques de Meneses, 2nd Viscount of Meneses[a] CvTE ComNSC was a notable Romantic artist from Portugal, particularly celebrated for his portraits of elegant society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luís_de_Meneses,_2nd_Viscount_of_Meneses


Retrato do inglês King
(Portrait of Charles William King, painted in Rome, in 1847)
1847
Oil on canvas
59 x 44 cm
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado, Lisbon Portugal
http://www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/en/pecas/ver/402/artists

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Vieira Lusitano
(1699–1783)

Francisco de Matos Vieira, better known as Vieira Lusitan was a Portuguese court painter, illustrator and engraver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieira_Lusitano


Retrato da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal
1753
Oil on canvas
152 x 172 cm
Palácio Nacional e Jardins de Queluz

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Domingos Sequeira
(1768–1837)
 
Domingos António de Sequeira was a famous Portuguese painter at the Royal Court of King John VI of Portugal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_Sequeira
 


Lisboa protegendo os seus habitantes
(Lisbon protecting its inhabitants)
1812
Oil on canvas
225 x 138 cm
Museum of Lisbon, Portugal

 J. M. W. Turner (1775 - 1851)   Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, pri...