Pedro Americode 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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Lion ID de tableau:: 87461 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Lion Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr Date_c._1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14__x__19_cm_(5.5__x__7.5_in) _ cjr |
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Lion ID de tableau:: 87463 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Lion Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr Date_c._1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14__x__19_cm_(5.5__x__7.5_in) _ cjr |
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Night with the Genii of Study and Love ID de tableau:: 88137 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Night with the Genii of Study and Love 1886(1886) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 260 x 195 cm (102.4 x 76.8 in) cjr 1886(1886) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_260__x__195_cm_(102.4__x__76.8_in) _ cjr |
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Peace and Concord ID de tableau:: 88349 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Peace and Concord 1895(1895) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in) cyf 1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_42__x__60_cm_(16.5__x__23.6_in) _ cyf |
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Quartered Tiradentes ID de tableau:: 88842 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Quartered Tiradentes 1893(1893) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 270 x 165 cm (106.3 x 65 in) cyf 1893(1893) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_270__x__165_cm_(106.3__x__65_in) _ cyf |
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| 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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