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1939 - 2006. Known for: Painting.
Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature.... Read full biography
Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature. Represented at the Soares dos Reis National Museum and at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian... Read full biography
Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature. Represented at the Soares dos Reis National Museum and at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and at the Belém Popular Art Museum. He held his first solo exhibition in 1964 in Galeria 111, Lisbon. Since then he has held numerous individual and collective exhibitions, of which we... Read full biography
Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature. Represented at the Soares dos Reis National Museum and at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and at the Belém Popular Art Museum. He held his first solo exhibition in 1964 in Galeria 111, Lisbon. Since then he has held numerous individual and collective exhibitions, of which we highlight: 1978 Retrospective, Soares dos Reis National Museum / Contemporary Art Centre, Porto; 1989 Works on paper, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; 1993 Narrative series (complete), Magellan Gallery, Paris; Retrospective, Serralves Foundation,... Read full biography
Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature. Represented at the Soares dos Reis National Museum and at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and at the Belém Popular Art Museum. He held his first solo exhibition in 1964 in Galeria 111, Lisbon. Since then he has held numerous individual and collective exhibitions, of which we highlight: 1978 Retrospective, Soares dos Reis National Museum / Contemporary Art Centre, Porto; 1989 Works on paper, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; 1993 Narrative series (complete), Magellan Gallery, Paris; Retrospective, Serralves Foundation, Porto; Center for Modern Art, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; 2003 Mural decoration of the Odivelas Station, Lisbon Metro; 2004 E... Read full biography
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Born in Évora, he was a painter and writer and was generally regarded as the author of an openly autobiographical work and his painting reflects this intimate relationship with literature.
Represented at the Soares dos Reis National Museum and at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and at the Belém Popular Art Museum. He held his first solo exhibition in 1964 in Galeria 111, Lisbon.
Since then he has held numerous individual and collective exhibitions, of which we highlight: 1978 Retrospective, Soares dos Reis National Museum / Contemporary Art Centre, Porto; 1989 Works on paper, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; 1993 Narrative series (complete), Magellan Gallery, Paris; Retrospective, Serralves...But wait, there's more...
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