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Francisco Pedro do Amaral (c. 1790, Rio de Janeiro - 10 November 1831, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian painter, designer,
@ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. After graduating, he applied for a teaching position there, but was not accepted. Instead, he found employment as chief assistant to a stage designer named Manoel da Costa at the Real Teatro de São João (now the
Image:Francisco Pedro do Amaral - África - c 1827.jpg, ''Africa''
Image:Francisco Pedro do Amaral - América - c 1827.jpg, ''America''
Image:Francisco Pedro do Amaral - Ásia - c 1827.jpg, ''Asia''
Image:Francisco Pedro do Amaral - Europa - c 1827.jpg, ''Europe''
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Francisco Pedro do Amaral (c. 1790, Rio de Janeiro - 10 November 1831, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian painter, designer, scenographer
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and gilder.
Biography
It is believed that he took his first lessons with José Leandro de Carvalho (1770-1834) then, in 1807, enrolled at the "Aula Régia de Desenho e Figura", under the direction ofManuel Dias de Oliveira
Manuel Dias de Oliveira (1763/4, Cachoeiras de Macacu - 25 April 1837, Campos dos Goytacazes) was a Brazilian painter, decorator and art professor.
Biography
When he was a young man, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he studied toreutics, which ...
.Brief biography@ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. After graduating, he applied for a teaching position there, but was not accepted. Instead, he found employment as chief assistant to a stage designer named Manoel da Costa at the Real Teatro de São João (now the
Teatro João Caetano
Teatro João Caetano is a theatre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Established in 1813, it was the first official theatre in Rio.
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), but quit after a major disagreement.
He then worked for an architect until his former teacher Carvalho invited him to work at the Paço Imperial, which began his career as a decorator.
When Jean-Baptiste Debret arrived with the French Artistic Mission, Amaral and a Portuguese-immigrant painter, Simplício de Sá, became two of his first students. After the establishment of the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes
The Imperial Academy of Fine Arts ('' pt, Academia Imperial de Belas Artes'') was an institution of higher learning in the arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, established by King João VI. Despite facing many initial difficulties, the Academy was es ...
, Amaral was commissioned to provide decorations for the Biblioteca Nacional Biblioteca Nacional (Spanish or Portuguese: ''National Library'') may refer to:
*Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, in Chile
*Biblioteca Nacional de España, in Spain
*Biblioteca Nacional del Perú, in Peru
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(which, at that time, was located in the ), and the Paço de São Cristóvão, where he worked until 1829. He also designed decorations for festivals and experimented with new processes for lithography. In 1827, he founded the "Sociedade de São Lucas"; a painter's association modeled after the French Académie de Saint-Luc.
In 1830, he returned to the Paço de São Cristóvão to decorate the coaches that were to be used for the Nuptial Mass
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of Emperor Pedro I and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. After completing the work, he fell ill and died the following month, possibly from tuberculosis. He never married, but may have had children and was apparently quite wealthy.
Few of his works have survived. Among the most notable are the above-mentioned coaches (now at the Imperial Museum of Brazil) and allegorical panels depicting the four continents, in the (formerly the "Palacete do Caminho Novo"). A street in the Jaguaré
Jaguaré is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 31,039 (2020) and its area is 660 km².
The municipality contains part of the Sooretama Biological Reserve
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District of São Paulo is named after him.
Allegories of the Four Continents
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Further reading
*Patrícia de Barros Araújo. ''O artista Francisco Pedro do Amaral''. In ''A revista eletrônica de DezenoveVinte''. Volume III, n. 3, July 2008Full text online
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1790s births 1831 deaths Brazilian painters Portrait painters Brazilian scenic designers People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian muralists {{Brazil-painter-stub