Pedro Americo

de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.
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Pedro Americo Peace and Concord oil painting


Peace and Concord
ID de tableau::  78813
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Peace and Concord
1902(1902) Oil on canvas 300 x 431 cm (118.1 x 169.7 in) cjr
1902(1902) _ Oil_on_canvas _ 300_x_431_cm_(118.1_x_169.7_in) _ cjr
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Fala do Trono oil painting


Fala do Trono
ID de tableau::  79636
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Fala do Trono
1872(1872) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 288 x 205 cm (113.4 x 80.7 in) cyf
1872(1872) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_288_x_205_cm_(113.4_x_80.7_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Independency or death oil painting


Independency or death
ID de tableau::  80555
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Independency or death
Oil on Canvas painting by Pedro Amxrico (1888). Date 1888(1888) cyf
Oil_on_Canvas_painting_by_Pedro_Amxrico_(1888). _ Date_1888(1888) _ cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo The Emperors speech oil painting


The Emperors speech
ID de tableau::  81024
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The Emperors speech
1872(1872) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 288 x 205 cm (113.4 x 80.7 in) cyf
1872(1872) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_288_x_205_cm_(113.4_x_80.7_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Peace and Concord oil painting


Peace and Concord
ID de tableau::  81892
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Peace and Concord
1902(1902) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 300 x 431 cm (118.1 x 169.7 in) cyf
1902(1902) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_300_x_431_cm_(118.1_x_169.7_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

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     Pedro Americo
     de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.

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