José Júlio de Souza Pinto (15 September 1856 - 14 April 1939) was a Portuguese painter in the
Naturalist style.
[Luciano, Migliaccio. José Júlio de Souza Pinto. In: Marques, Luiz (org.) ''Catálogo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand'': Arte da PenÃnsula Ibérica do centro e do norte da Europa. São Paulo: Prêmio, 1998.]
Life and work
He was born in
Angra do HeroÃsmo
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, the son of a doctor.
[José Júlio de Sousa Pinto, Antigo Estudante da Academia Portuense de Belas Artes](_blank)
Brief biography He was born in the
Azores
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and lived there until the age of fourteen. Later, he lived in
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 ...
, where he studied at the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes with
António Soares dos Reis
António Manuel Soares dos Reis (Vila Nova de Gaia, 14 October 1847 - Vila Nova de Gaia, 16 February 1889) was a Portuguese sculptor.
Studies
He first studied at the Portuense Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in sculpture in 1867. He st ...
and
João António Correia
João António Correia (26 December 1822 – 16 March 1896) was a Portuguese painter and art professor.
Biography
His father was a textile merchant. He enrolled at the "Academia Real de Marinha e Comércio", taking the course in design fr ...
. In 1880, after graduating, he and fellow student
Henrique Pousão
Henrique César de Araújo Pousão (Vila Viçosa, 1 January 1859 - Vila Viçosa, 20 March 1884) was a Portuguese painter.
Life
Henrique Pousão was the son of a judge, from a wealthy family of Alentejo. His early talent manifested at the age ...
travelled to Paris on a fellowship.
Once there, he obtained a position in the studios of
Alexandre Cabanel, studying with
William-Adolphe Bouguereau and
Adolphe Yvon at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...
. He quickly became integrated into Parisian artistic circles and placed works at all the major exhibitions, including the
Salon
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. By 1900, he was a member of the judging panel at the Salon.
Eventually, he also presented his works in Brazil and the United States.
He made frequent visits to Portugal, where he exhibited in Porto and Lisbon, and he was the first Portuguese artist to have his work displayed in the
Musée du Luxembourg (now in the
Musée d'Orsay
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). On a visit to
Brittany
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, he became enamoured of the southern coast and lived there for the remainder of his life,
painting
genre
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scenes of the local people and villages. He died at
Pont-Scorff
Pont-Scorff (; br, Pont-Skorf) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. It takes its name from the river Scorff, which flows through ...
.
Selected paintings
File:Pinto--Sousa-54.jpg, The Missing Ship (1901)
File:José Júlio Sousa Pinto - O balde azul.jpg, The Blue Bucket (1907)
File:Souza-Sulking Girl.jpg, The Sulking Girl (1906)
File:José Júlio de Souza Pinto (1856—1939). Potatoes.jpg, Harvesting Potatoes (1898)
References
External links
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ArtNet: More works by Souza Pinto"The Potato Harvest", by Souza Pinto
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1856 births
1939 deaths
People from Angra do HeroÃsmo
19th-century Portuguese painters
Portuguese male painters
19th-century male artists
20th-century Portuguese painters
20th-century male artists
University of Porto alumni