The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ...
, is a regional
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painter
José Malhoa
José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (28 April 1855 – 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese painter.
Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting in the second half of the ...
. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.
Museu de José Malhoa
from the Instituto Português de Museus The museum's collection includes painting
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s, sculpture
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s, medal
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s, drawing
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s and ceramic
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s from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Localization
The museum is located in the city of Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ...
, Leiria
Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...
, Portugal, in the middle of the .
See also
* List of single-artist museums
This is a list of single-artist museums, which are museums displaying the work of, or bearing the name of, a single visual artist.
* Basuki Abdullah – Basoeki Abdullah Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
* Affandi – Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indones ...
References
External links
José Malhoa Museum
at Direção Geral de Cultura do Centro
Museu José Malhoa
at patrimoniocultural.pt
Museu José Malhoa
Culture in Caldas da Rainha
Art museums and galleries in Portugal
Modern art museums
Malhoa, Jose
Art museums established in 1933
1933 establishments in Portugal
Museums in Leiria District
Malhoa
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