António Santiago Gonçalves Areal e Silva (

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, 1934 —

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, 1978) was a visual artist and Portuguese painter. With a short life and work production, António Areal distinguishes himself in the Portuguese art scene of the second half of the twentieth century as a leading figure in the transition from

Surrealism Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...

Action painting Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical a ...

. After with a strong connection with Pop Art and

Nouveau réalisme Nouveau réalisme (French: new realism) refers to an artistic movement founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany and the painter Yves Klein during the first collective exposition in the Apollinaire gallery in Milan. Pierre Restany wrot ...

. He is the father of four daughters, one of them is the painter

Sofia Areal Sofia Areal (born in Lisbon, 4 June 1960) is a Portuguese abstract painter, whose works adhere mostly to organic non-geometrical forms and a strong chromatic focus. Besides painting and drawing, Areal's work involves collage, textile design, and s ...

. He is also the grandfather of the artist Martim Brion.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Areal, Antonio Portuguese painters Portuguese male painters Artists from Porto 1934 births 1978 deaths