Bernardo Loureiro Marques (

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, 1962), was a

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. He was one of the most relevant Portuguese artists of his generation.José Augusto França includes Marques in the 2nd generation of 20th Century modern Portuguese painters, together with

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. FRANÇA, José Augusto - A Arte em Portugal no Século XX: 1911-1961

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Lisbon: Bertrand Editora, 1991, p. 183 He was married to the painter, Ofélia Marques. Mainly a self-taught artist, Bernardo Marques emerged in the 1920s as a graphic artist and caricaturist. In 1929, he visited Berlin and was deeply influenced by

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in particular). His work thereafter became formally and thematically stronger. Later his drawing became lighter and more poetic; he shifted his attention from people to things, particularly landscape. His final mode reveals highly sensitive visions of

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Bibliography

*Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques: Obras de 1950 a 1960. Lisbon:

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, 1966. *Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, 1989. *Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Macau: Fundação Oriente, 1991. *Ruivo, Marina Bairrão - Bernardo Marques, 1898-1962. Lisbon: Ed. Presença, 1993.

External links

Instituto Camões – Bernardo Marques

References

1898 births 1962 deaths People from Silves, Portugal 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century male artists Portuguese male painters {{portugal-painter-stub