Artur José de Sousa Loureiro (11 February 1853 – 7 July 1932) was a Portuguese painter.Artur Loureiro
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He took his first lessons in drawing and painting from his friend António José da Costa (1840-1929). He later attended the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto, where he studied under João António Correia. In 1875, he went to Rome with the support of his patron Delfim Guedes (1842-1895), the future

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. In 1879, he moved to Paris with a scholarship to study at the

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; living in the

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and obtaining a position in the studios of

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from 1880 to 1882, along with his fellow painters from Portugal

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, António Silva Porto, José Júlio de Souza Pinto,

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and

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. While in France, he met Marie Huybers (the sister of novelist Jessie Couvreur) and married her, even though marriage violated the terms of his scholarship. He sought another scholarship, but illness prevented him from submitting an entry. Afterwards, he moved to London, where his exhibits attracted attention, but his health required a warmer climate. Arthur Loureiro - Death of Burke, 1892

In 1884, he emigrated with Marie to her native Australia, although he spoke little English (he and Marie used French), and settled in Melbourne. The following year, he joined the first Australian Art Association, which merged with the

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in 1888. He became a "Professor of Design" at the Presbyterian Ladies Academy, sat on several art juries and was named Inspector for the

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. After Marie's death in 1901, he returned to Porto, where he established a studio at the "Crystal Palace" (an exhibition hall modelled after the one in London). It quickly became a gathering place for local artists and their students. His only son was killed during World War I and he remarried in 1918. A few months before his death in 1932, he was awarded the

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. He died suddenly while on a landscape painting sojourn in the countryside.

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