José Rodrigues de Carvalho (16 July 1828 – 19 October 1887) was a

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. '' O Pobre Rabequista'' (''The poor rabequista''), painted in 1855 and considered Rodriques' most famous work, was first shown in Paris at the Universal Exhibition in 1855 and at the International Exposition of

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in 1865, where he won the award for second place.

Early life

José Rodrigues was the, son of Apolinário José de Carvalho and Maria Leonarda. He was baptised in São João da Praça,

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, on 21 September 1828. His godfather was also José Rodrigues. Rodrigues had five brothers and lived at the "Rua dos Bacalhoeiros" in

. He married José Maria Rodrigues, daughter of José Rodrigues da Rocha, in 1863 and had three children named António Ribeiro, Teresa de Jesus and Leonor Matilde. Prior to joining the Academy of

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at San Francisco Convent as a volunteer student in 1841, he left an

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dated 1840. In 1842, he won a prize in a drawing competition. The prize was a copy of a

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. From that time on, an engraving signed and dated by José Rodrigues is there. In 1843, during an exhibition of works by students, he presented a drawing in bas-relief. In that year, the following received an award: Miguel Ângelo Lupi, Angelino da Cruz Castro e Silva, António José Lopes Júnior and Ernesto Gerard. In 1845/1846, he entered higher education studying historical painting and won an award. In December 1846, he received another award for a life-model drawing.

Classmates

Rodrigues’ classmates included João Pedro Monteiro (Monteirinho), Francisco Augusto Metrass, Tomás da Anunciação, Joaquim Pedro de Sousa, and António José Patrício.

Awards

At the triennial exhibition of 1849, he was awarded a gold medal by Queen Dona Maria II. At its conference in August 1849, the Academy of Fine Arts awarded José Rodrigues with a gold medal for his painting "Aparição do Anjo S. Gabriel ao profeta Daniel". At an exhibition, promoted by the Portuguese Industrial Association, José Rodrigues received the Silver Medal with honours. In 1865, he was nominated “Academic of Merit” at the Academy of Fine Arts’ General Conference. On 16 November 1882 the artist entered into an agreement with the City Council of Lisbon for the production of two paintings for the Council’s main Meeting Chamber. In the contract, José Rodrigues committed to create two real-life and full-body paintings, of

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(1810–1877) and Manuel Fernandes Tomás (1771–1822). The contract was signed by the presiding Chairman of the Council, José Gregório da Rosa Araujo and by the artist.The paintings reside in the “Meeting Chamber” of the City Council. Throughout his life, he was forced to paint portraits in order to survive; which drove him to melancholy and illness. He gave classes at the Irish-owned Monastery of Bom-Sucesso and at S. José das Dominicanas de S. Domingos de Benfica, amongst others. The artist died at his home in Rua dos Bacalhoeiros, Lisbon, on 19 October 1887.

Reviews

According to José Augusto França, the artist dedicated himself to the painting of customs, within a sphere of sentimental realism and found his work hindered by a difficulty in separating sentimentalism from

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Diverse

The works of José Rodrigues and his contemporaries are studied within the subject of 19th Century Art (The Romantic Movement) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Oporto.

Selected works

Oil paintings

* The poor of púcara in half body. It belonged to the king D. Fernando * The poor rabequista (or Blind Rabequista), composition of three figures in natural size. It belonged to the king – Fernando and then to Mr. Conde do Ameal and currently is part of the booty

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. * The malmequer. It belonged to D. Rufina Maria Iglesias of Lima. * Cliffs of La Mancha. He belonged to the Marquis de Sousa Holstein. * The old vegetable seller in

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. It belonged to the king D. Luis. * The peasant. It belonged to the king – D. Luis. * Margins of the Tagus river, around Santarém. It belonged to the king – Luis. * Lady of Good luck. It belonged to D. Rufina Maria Iglesias of Lima. * Flowers and fruit; height 1.72 m. It belonged to the king D. Fernando. * The city, under the roof of the hall of great sessions of the Municipal Council of Lisbon. 5.m long, for 4.m high. 1883.

Oil portraits

* His Majesty the King – Pedro V, reminiscent, in transparent, to celebrate the Aclamação in Beja. * Adviser Jose da Silva Carvalho, a copy to Portalegre. 85. Anonymous. * His Eminence Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, D. Manuel Bento Rodrigues, to Braga. * His Majesty the King – Pedro V, for the hall of the Commerce Square in Lisbon. * His Majesty the King – Louis to the chamber of capelos the University of Coimbra, part of 3.m tall. * His Majesty the King – Pedro V (reminiscent of) to school Mafra, order of Madrépora Society of Rio de Janeiro. * His Majesty the King – Luis, for the Ministry of the Navy to the palace of the Government in Mozambique, part of 2.60 by 1.70 m. * His Majesty the King – Luis, to the House of deputy. * His Majesty the King – Pedro V, reminiscent, for the Society of Rio de Janeiro, part of 2.me 50, by 1.me 50. * Self-portrait of the artist, at nineteen years of age. * Self-portrait of the painter, dressed in cape and hat.

Gallery

Image:Penhascos da Mancha.jpg, Mancha cliffs0 Image:Cena oriental GPEG.jpg, Oriental scene l Image:Auto retrato capa e gorro.jpg, left, Self Portrait (with cape and hat) Image:D Luis.jpg, The King D. Luís (1866). Image:Auto retrato 19anos.jpg, Self Portrait (at nineteen)

Bibliography

*Monograph "José Rodrigues, pintor português" by Júlio de Castilho (1909) *Armando de Lucena "Pintores Portugueses do Romantismo" *Painting gallery of the

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(catalogue, 1869) and 1.ª Exhibition of retrospective art – 1880 a 1933 (catalogue, 1937) *Four Romantic Painters (colecção Museum, 1ª série, nº 6 de 1949 – edited by Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea) *O Traço e a Cor (Drawings and watercolours from José Malhoa Museum) – edited for the Museum by the Portuguese Patrimony Cultural Institute in 1988) *Olisipo (Bulletin from group of "Amigos de Lisboa") – (Year XX, nº 78 of April, 1957) *D. Fernando II – A German Mecenas, Regent of Portugal (Marion Ehrhardt, edited by – Livraria Estante Editora em 1989 ? ) *Os Paços do Concelho – Lisboa (edited by Lisboa Municipally with Salette Simões Salvado text, 1982) *History of Art in Portugal (neoclassic's and romanticism) – (Publicações Alfa with Regina Anacleto text, 1986)

References

External links

José Rodrigues Biography

City Council (Lisboa Municipally)

Portrait´s serving history

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