Bento José Rufino Capinam, whose given name was Bento José Rufino da Silva, (1791 – 1874) was a painter in Brazil. His work was displayed at the

National Exposition of Brazil The national commemorative Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil, also known as Brazilian National Exposition of 1908 or the National Exposition of Brazil at Rio de Janeiro, marked a hundred years since the opening of t ...

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 b ...

in 1908. His works are in the Sao Paulo Museum of Art and

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA; Portuguese for National Museum of Fine Arts) is a national art museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The museum, officially established in 1937 by the initiative of education minister , wa ...

. His work included art on funeral invitations. He produced historical artwork for the Bahia pavilion at the 1908 Exhibition in Brazil.

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Iau Cultural entry
1791 births 1874 deaths 19th-century Brazilian painters 19th-century Brazilian male artists {{Brazil-bio-stub