José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
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José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899), commonly known as Almeida Júnior, was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the
Early life and education
He was born in
In 1869, he enrolled at the
Career
He remained in Paris until 1882. Then, after a brief trip to Italy, he returned to Brazil and exhibited the works he had created during his absence. In 1883, he opened a studio in São Paulo and taught art privately. He also held exclusive art exhibitions and fulfilled commissions for portraits of notable people ranging from coffee barons to Republican politicians. In 1884, he held a showing at the Exposição Geral de Belas Artes and was made a knight of the Order of the Rose.[citation needed]
A year later, Victor Meirelles, wanting to retire, offered Júnior his position as professor of history painting at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, but Júnior refused the offer because he preferred to stay in São Paulo.
Death
Júnior was stabbed to death in 1899 by his cousin José de Almeida Sampaio in Piracicaba in front of the Hotel Central. Júnior had been having a long-standing affair with Sampaio's wife, Maria Laura do Amaral Gurgel, who had briefly been engaged to Júnior, and Sampaio had just found out about it.[1]
Selected paintings
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Baptism of Christ (1895)
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Saudade (Longing) (1899)
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The Inopportune (1898)
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Study for "Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt" (1881)
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Interrupted Whetting (1894)
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Votorantim Waterfall
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Descanso do Modelo (Model's Rest)
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The Guitar Player
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Study for "Departure of the Monção"
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A Painter
References
- ^ a b c Brief biography Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine @ Pitoresco.
- ^ a b c d Brief biography @ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural.
Further reading
- Gastão Pereira da Silva, Almeida Junior. Sua vida e sua obra, Editora do Brasil (1946)
- Vicente de Paulo Vicente de Azevedo, Almeida Junior. O romance do pintor, self-published (1985)
- José Roberto Teixeira Leite. Dicionário crítico da pintura no Brasil, Artlivre (1988)
External links
- "Desmistificando Almeida Júnior: a modernidade do caipira" by Raquel Aguilar de Araújo @ DezeNoveVinte.
- Alfredo Galvão: "Almeida Júnior - Sua técnica, sua obra" edited by Arthur Valle @ DezeNoveVinte.