Georgina De Albuquerque
Georgina de Albuquerque (February 4, 1885 – August 29, 1962) was a Brazilian Impressionist painter and teacher. She was known for her interest in female subjects. Her husband Lucílio was a noted painter in his own right and the two are strongly associated with each other. Early life De Albuquerque was born Georgina de Moura Andrade on February 4, 1885, in Taubaté, São Paulo. She began her studies in painting at the age of 15 in 1900 in her native Taubaté. She was tutored in her own home by the Italian painter Rosalbino Santoro, who taught her the basic principles of painting, such as the laws of perspective and the techniques of mixing paint. Training De Albuquerque moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1904 at the age of 19, where she enrolled at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (National School of Fine Arts), studying under Henrique Bernardelli. She moved to Paris in 1906, after marrying the painter Lucílio de Albuquerque. In Paris she attended the École Nationale Supérieure ...
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