Antônio Parreiras
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Antônio Diogo da Silva Parreiras (20 January 1860, Niterói – 17 October 1937, Niterói) was a Brazilian painter, designer and illustrator.
Biography
He was one of nine children and his father was a goldsmith. In 1882, he enrolled at the
.This allowed him to resume his formal studies and travel to Europe in 1888, entering the
He was soon doing much of his work in the forests outside Teresópolis. He also received numerous commissions to paint historical scenes and, after 1899, did decorations for the government in public buildings, such as the "Allegory of Apollo and the Goddesses of the Hours", which he created for the Palácio da Liberdade in Belo Horizonte. His female nudes are also considered to be especially well done. From 1906 to 1919, he maintained a second studio in Paris and exhibited at the Salon.[2] He was also named a delegate of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1911.
In 1925 he was chosen as Brazil's best artist by the readers of Fon-Fon , a magazine created by art critic Gonzaga Duque. The following year, he published his autobiography and was inducted into the "Academia Fluminense de Letras ".[1] In 1933, he participated in his last exhibitions; the "Jubileu Artístico" in São Paulo and Niteroi. Four years after his death, his former studio became the Museu Antônio Parreiras .[3]
Other selected paintings
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Fantasia (1909)
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The End of Romance (1915)
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Conquest of the Amazon (1907)
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Agony (1915)
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Zumbi (1927)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Biography and critical commentary @ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
- ^ a b Biography and appreciation Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine @ Pitoresco.
- ^ a b c Biography by Antonio Gasparetto Junior @ InfoEscola.
Further reading
- História de um pintor (autobiography), edited by Athayde Parreiras. Diário oficial (reprint, 1943)
- Carlos Roberto Maciel Levy , Antônio Parreiras (1860-1937), pintor de paisagem: gênero e história, Edições Pinakotheke (1981)
- Valéria Salgueiro, Antônio Parreiras: notas e críticas, discursos e contos : coletânea de textos de um pintor paisagista, Editora da ISBN 85-228-0303-X Notes from the book @ DezenoveVinte [1]
- Maria de Lourdes Eleutério, "Antônio Parreiras", Volume 21 of Coleção Folha Grandes pintores brasileiros, Folha de S.Paulo (2013) ISBN 85-81930-83-2
External links
- Museu Antônio Parreiras homepage.