All Pedro Americo Oil Paintings

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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Pedro Americo A Vaidosa oil painting


A Vaidosa
ID de tableau::  97105
A Vaidosa
1881(1881) Medium oil Dimensions 175 X 109 cm cyf
1881(1881) Medium oil Dimensions 175 X 109 cm cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Venus oil painting


Venus
ID de tableau::  97106
Venus
oil Dimensions 80 X 50 cm (31.5 X 19.7 in) cyf
oil Dimensions 80 X 50 cm (31.5 X 19.7 in) cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio oil painting


Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio
ID de tableau::  97463
Sao Miguel Arcanjo e o Demonio
1857(1857) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 136.5 X 108.8 cm cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2 oil painting


Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2
ID de tableau::  97582
Judith rende gracas a Jeova 2
1880(1880) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 229 x 141 cm cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Justice oil painting


Justice
ID de tableau::  97593
Justice
oil Dimensions 77.5 x 52 cm cyf
oil Dimensions 77.5 x 52 cm cyf
   
   
     

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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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