Rodolfo Amoedo

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Rodolfo Amoedo
Rodolfo Amoedo, Self-portrait, 1921
Born	(1857-12-11)11 December 1857 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Died	31 May 1941(1941-05-31) (aged 83) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Education	Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Rio de Janeiro; Academia Imperial de Belas Artes; École des Beaux-arts, Paris
Known for	Painter, teacher
Movement	Orientalist

Rodolfo Amoedo (11 December 1857 – 31 May 1941) was a Brazilian painter, designer and decorator.

Biography

His interest in art and decoration began when a family friend (who was a lyricist) invited him to do work on the now defunct Teatro São Pedro. In 1873, he enrolled at the "

. In 1878, his painting on the "Sacrifice of Abel" narrowly won him a travel fellowship to study in Europe.

From 1879 to 1887, he lived and studied in Paris. Initially, he attended the

On his return to Rio de Janeiro in 1888, he was appointed an Honorary Professor as the Academia, but actually taught at the Escola Politécnica and held his first personal exhibition. He won a gold medal at the "Exposição Nacional Comemorativa do 1º Centenário da Abertura dos Portos do Brasil" (1908).

He later became a Professor at the

In addition to his canvases, he painted panels for the

Selected paintings

• 
  Portrait of a Woman (1892)
• 
  The Last

  Tamoio

  (1883)
• 
  The Narrative of Philitas (1887)
• 
  The Death of Atala (1883)

References

Further reading

C. Calza et al.: Analysis of paintings from the 19th century Brazilian painter Rodolfo Amoedo using EDXRF portable system. In: X-Ray Spectrometry. No. 38 (2009), Vol.4, ISSN 0049-8246

External links

Media related to Rodolfo Amoedo at Wikimedia Commons