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Manuel Figueira
Manuel Figueira (born November 1, 1938 – died October 8, 2023) is a Cape Verdean artist. Biography Figueira was born in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. When he was a student, he attended the art school of Escola Superior das Belas Artes de Lisboa (School of Fine Arts, Lisbon), now part of the University of Lisbon. He studied and worked as a teacher and took part in numerous municipal exhibitions in Lisbon. After Cape Verde became independence, he went back to his native island, he also brought his wife Luísa Queirós with him. He founded an art college Cooperativa da Resistência (Cooperative of Resistance). He later became the state director of Centro Nacional de Artesanato from 1979 to 1989. His studio is located on the port street known as Avenida Marginal in Mindelo, the city's main street. About himself, he said " I have been a figurative artist, but my reference on color is an abstract one". Manuel Figueira had displayed several of his works in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindelo
Mindelo is a port cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in . Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and the municipality of São Vicente. The city is home to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Vicente, Cape Verde
São Vicente (Portuguese for " Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão. Geography The island is roughly rectangular in shape with an area of . From east to west it measures and from north to south .Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística The island, of |
University Of Lisbon
The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, the former University of Lisbon (1911–2013) and the Technical University of Lisbon (1930–2013). History The first Portuguese university was established in Lisbon between 1288 and 1290, when Dinis I promulgated the letter ''Scientiae thesaurus mirabili'', granting several privileges to the students of the ''studium generale'' in Lisbon, proving that it was already founded on that date. There was an active participation in this educational activity by the Portuguese Crown and its king, through its commitment of part of the subsidy of the same, as by the fixed incomes of the Church. This institution moved several times between Lisbon and Coimbra, where it settled permanently in 1537. The current University of Lisbon is the result of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luísa Queirós
Luísa Queirós (born in Lisbon) is a Portuguese artist. She lived in Lisbon until 1975 when she moved to Mindelo, Cape Verde and lives with her husband Manuel Figueira whom she met at the School of Fine Arts, Lisbon. Six months before Cape Verde became independent, she met Manuel Figueira in Mindelo. Later on, she instrumented the revitalization of Cape Verdean handcraft works. Already in Portugal and also in Mindelo, she worked for ten years as a teacher in drawing, painting and weaving. In addition, she also wrote illustrated children's works, for which she was honored with a UNESCO Prize. She also wrote a book titled "Saaraci, o ultimo Gafanhoto do deserto" ("Saaraci, the Last Grasshopper in the Desert") written in 1998 in Lisbon and was awarded the Children's Literature Prize by the Gulbenkian Foundation. Since 1989, several of her artwork were displayed in Cape Verde, Brussels, Lisbon, Seville, Paris, Boston and Washington DC. References External links Luísa Queirós' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Nacional De Artesanato
Centro Nacional de Arte, Artesanato e Design (CNAD) (English: "National Centre for Art, Crafts and Design") is a cultural centre in the city of Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, in Cape Verde. It is the first cultural institution built from scratch in the country, prepared to host temporary and permanent exhibitions, develop creative residencies and also serve as the basis for a documentary and artistic archive of Cape Verdean traditional and contemporary art production. CNAD is situated at the north end of Praça Nova, in the city centre of Mindelo. History The museum is housed in a colonial building that was originally built for Senator Vera Cruz at the end of the 19th century. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Marginal (São Vicente Island)
Avenida Marginal is an important street in Mindelo, São Vicente island, Cape Verde. It runs along the coast of the Porto Grande Bay, connecting the city centre with the northwestern outskirts (Matiota). Its southern end is the intersection with Rua Libertadores de África (the former ''Rua Lisboa'') and Rua da Praia, that continues south along the coast. Avenida Marginal runs along the port of Mindelo, below Fortim d'El-Rei and along ''Praia da Laginha'' in Matiota. Notable structures along the avenue:Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 68-72 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington DC
) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, National Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of the District of Columbia.svg , image_seal = Seal of the District of Columbia.svg , nickname = D.C., The District , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive map of Washington, D.C. , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , established_title = Residence Act , established_date = 1790 , named_for = George Washington, Christopher Columbus , established_title1 = Organized , established_date1 = 1801 , established_title2 = Consolidated , established_date2 = 1871 , established_title3 = Home Rule Act , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 685,000 , and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia, the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. Its old town, with an area of , contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded as the Roman city of . Known as ''Ishbiliyah'' after the Islamic conquest in 711, Seville became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tchalé Figueira
Tchalé Figueira (born 1953) is a Cape Verdean artist.Fondation Blachère: Tchalé Figueira , accessed 8 February 2013 Biography Figueira was born in on the island of São Vicente. After years of traveling, which also led him to the Netherlands, he worked as a dockworker, he later headed to Switzerland where he started his artistic career and attended of the School of Artistic Design in Basel from 1974 until 1985. He later returned to the island of São Vicente. Like his brother, he set up ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
