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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A Vaidosa ID de tableau:: 97105 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
A Vaidosa 1881(1881) Medium oil Dimensions 175 X 109 cm cyf 1881(1881)_ Medium_oil_ Dimensions_175_X_109_cm_ cyf |
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Venus ID de tableau:: 97106 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Venus oil Dimensions 80 X 50 cm (31.5 X 19.7 in) cyf oil_ Dimensions_80_X_50_cm_(31.5_X_19.7_in)_ cyf |
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Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio ID de tableau:: 97463 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio 1857(1857) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 136.5 X 108.8 cm cyf 1857(1857)_ Medium_oil_on_canvas_ Dimensions_136.5_X_108.8_cm_ cyf |
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Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2 ID de tableau:: 97582 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2 1880(1880) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 229 x 141 cm cyf 1880(1880)_ Medium_oil_on_canvas_ Dimensions_229_x_141_cm_ cyf |
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Justice ID de tableau:: 97593 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Justice oil Dimensions 77.5 x 52 cm cyf oil_ Dimensions_77.5_x_52_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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