Bernardo Marques

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Bernardo Marques (1939)

Bernardo Loureiro Marques (

caricaturist. He was one of the most relevant Portuguese artists of his generation.[1] He was married to the painter, Ofélia Marques.[2]

Mainly a self-taught artist, Bernardo Marques emerged in the 1920s as a graphic artist and caricaturist. In 1929, he visited Berlin and was deeply influenced by

Georg Grosz
in particular). His work thereafter became formally and thematically stronger.

Later his drawing became lighter and more poetic; he shifted his attention from people to things, particularly landscape. His final mode reveals highly sensitive visions of Lisbon, Sintra and the Algarve.

Bibliography

  • Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques: Obras de 1950 a 1960. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1966.
  • Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, 1989.
  • Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Macau: Fundação Oriente, 1991.
  • Ruivo, Marina Bairrão - Bernardo Marques, 1898-1962. Lisbon: Ed. Presença, 1993.

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References

  1. ^ José Augusto França includes Marques in the 2nd generation of 20th Century modern Portuguese painters, together with Mário Eloy and Carlos Botelho. FRANÇA, José Augusto - A Arte em Portugal no Século XX: 1911-1961 [1974]. Lisbon: Bertrand Editora, 1991, p. 183
  2. ^ Sales, Teresa. "Ofélia Marques". Centro de Documentação e Arquivo Feminista Elina Guimarães. Retrieved 14 April 2022.