João Marques de Oliveira
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João Joaquim Marques da Silva Oliveira (23 August 1853 – 9 October 1927) was a Portuguese painter in the
Naturalist
style.
Biography
Oliveira was born in
École des Beaux-arts under Alexandre Cabanel and Adolphe Yvon. While living there, they also made study trips to Belgium, England, the Netherlands and Italy. The sketches and paintings that resulted from these trips led to his participation in the Salons of 1876 and 1878.[1]
Upon his return to Porto in 1879, he worked as a free-lance artist and helped introduce the concept of
plein-air painting in Portugal. The following year, he became Vice-President of the Centro Artístico Portuense, an association for the advancement of the arts modeled on the "Lion's Group" of Lisbon.[1] From 1881 to 1926, he was a professor at the Academy in Porto and later held the position of Director.[2]
Some of his pupils were Aurélia de Sousa and Lino António.[3]
In 1911, he was appointed Chairman of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee for Art at the newly reorganized Soares dos Reis National Museum. In 1913, he became the Director. He reluctantly resigned all of his positions in 1926, when he reached the mandatory retirement age for public employees, and died the following year in his home city of Porto.[1] In 1929, he was honored with a bronze bust in the Jardim de São Lázaro, next to the Academy.
References
- ^ Universidade do Portowebsite.
- ^ "Índice de autores | Oliveira, João Marques da Silva, 1853-1927". Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2014-10-26. A arte portugueza : revista mensal de bellas-artes (1882-1884, Hemeroteca Digital)
- ^ "Lino António biografia". Galeria Lino António. Archived from the original on 2006-11-09. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
Further reading
- José Augusto França: A Arte em Portugal no Século XIX, Livraria Bertrand, 1990. ISBN 97-2250-060-0.
External links
- ArtNet: more works by Oliveira
- João Marques de Oliveira @ the Museo Nacional de Soares dos Reis
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