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Pedro Americo
de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher.
He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868.
Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian.
He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.
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A Vaidosa
1881(1881)
Medium oil
Dimensions 175 X 109 cm
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Painting ID:: 97105
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A_Vaidosa
1881(1881)
Medium oil
Dimensions 175 X 109 cm
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Venus
oil
Dimensions 80 X 50 cm (31.5 X 19.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 97106
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Venus
oil
Dimensions 80 X 50 cm (31.5 X 19.7 in)
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Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio
1857(1857)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 136.5 X 108.8 cm
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Painting ID:: 97463
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Sao_Miguel_Arcanjo_e_o_Demonio
1857(1857)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 136.5 X 108.8 cm
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Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2
1880(1880)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 229 x 141 cm
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Painting ID:: 97582
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Judith_rende_gracas_a_Jeova_2
1880(1880)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 229 x 141 cm
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Justice
oil
Dimensions 77.5 x 52 cm
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Painting ID:: 97593
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Justice
oil
Dimensions 77.5 x 52 cm
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Pedro_Americo
de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher.
He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868.
Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian.
He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.
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