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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David and Abishag ID de tableau:: 89238 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
David and Abishag 1879(1879) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 172 x 216 cm (67.7 x 85 in) cyf 1879(1879) _ Medium_oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_172_x_216_cm_(67.7_x_85_in) _ cyf |
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Moses and Jochebed ID de tableau:: 91503 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Moses and Jochebed 1884(1884) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 151 x 105 cm (59.4 x 41.3 in) cyf 1884(1884) _ Medium_oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_151_x_105_cm_(59.4_x_41.3_in) _ cyf |
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Lion ID de tableau:: 92233 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Lion 1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf 1895(1895) _ Medium_oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14_X_19_cm_(5.5_X_7.5_in) _ cyf |
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Lion ID de tableau:: 92234 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Lion 1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf 1895(1895) _ Medium_oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14_X_19_cm_(5.5_X_7.5_in) _ cyf |
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Alegoria ID de tableau:: 96572 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Alegoria 1883(1883) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 41 X 27 cm cyf 1883(1883)_ Medium_oil_on_canvas_ Dimensions_41_X_27_cm_ 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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