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1914 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores - 1990. Known for: Surrealism and abstractionism in painting.
Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado,... Read full biography
Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado, which was considered the first national manifestation of Surrealism in Portugal. He participated in... Read full biography
Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado, which was considered the first national manifestation of Surrealism in Portugal. He participated in the SPN/SNI Exhibitions of Modern Art in the 1940s and won the Souza-Cardoso Prize in 1942. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed almost all of his work in 1944, which led him to begin a second phase of his... Read full biography
Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado, which was considered the first national manifestation of Surrealism in Portugal. He participated in the SPN/SNI Exhibitions of Modern Art in the 1940s and won the Souza-Cardoso Prize in 1942. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed almost all of his work in 1944, which led him to begin a second phase of his work with abstractionist characteristics. He stopped painting between 1950 and 1975. His work has been awarded the National Fine Arts Prize (1984) and a retrospective of his work was held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Center in... Read full biography
Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado, which was considered the first national manifestation of Surrealism in Portugal. He participated in the SPN/SNI Exhibitions of Modern Art in the 1940s and won the Souza-Cardoso Prize in 1942. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed almost all of his work in 1944, which led him to begin a second phase of his work with abstractionist characteristics. He stopped painting between 1950 and 1975. His work has been awarded the National Fine Arts Prize (1984) and a retrospective of his work was held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Center in 1988.
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Antonio Dacosta was a Portuguese artist born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1938. Dacosta exhibited his work in 1940 at Casa Repe - Chiado, which was considered the first national manifestation of Surrealism in Portugal. He participated in the SPN/SNI Exhibitions of Modern Art in the 1940s and won the Souza-Cardoso Prize in 1942. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed almost all of his work in 1944, which led him to begin a second phase of his work with abstractionist characteristics. He stopped painting between 1950 and 1975. His work has been awarded the National Fine Arts Prize (1984) and a retrospective of his work was held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Center in 1...But wait, there's more...
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