Soares dos Reis National Museum ( pt, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis) is a museum, currently housed in the
Carrancas Palace situated in the
civil parish
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of
Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória
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, in the
northern Portuguese
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city of
Porto
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.
Founded in 1833, it is the first Portuguese national museum exhibiting collections of Portuguese art, including a collection by Portuguese sculptor
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 ...
, from which the museum derives its name.
History
The museum was founded in 1833 as ''Museum Portuense'' by
King Peter IV. Initially it was housed in the Convent of Santo António (in the centre of Porto), exhibiting religious art confiscated from Portuguese convents, and those works of art expropriated from the
absolutist followers of
Miguel I (who had struggled against Peter IV a year before).
During the 19th century the museum made several acquisitions that were integrated into the main collection.
But, it was in 1911 that the museum obtained its collection of work by Soares dos Reis, a celebrated
Portuguese
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sculptor, taking on the name of its benefactor.
In 1942 the museum was transferred from the centre of the city to the former-residence of the Moraes e Castro family, known commonly as the ''Carrancas '' (which means ''scowlers/frowners'', a passing reference to the disapproving nature of its members). The large building provided the spaces and conditions to store and exhibit the collections. Over time, the spaces were expanded and modernised under a project by architect
Fernando Távora
Fernando Luís Cardoso de Meneses de Tavares e Távora, ComSE, simply known as Fernando Távora (Porto, August 25, 1923 - Matosinhos, September 3, 2005), was a renowned Portuguese architect and professor.
Biography
The sixth of seven children ...
.
Collections
The museum has a vast collection mainly focused on Portuguese art of the 19th and 20th centuries, including painting, sculpture, furniture, metalwork and ceramics.
Artists represented include painters
Domingos Sequeira
Domingos António de Sequeira (Lisbon; 10 March 1768Rome; 8 March 1837) was a famous Portuguese painter at the Royal Court of King John VI of Portugal.
Biography
He was born in Belém, Lisbon, into a modest family. He later changed his family nam ...
,
Vieira Portuense,
Augusto Roquemont,
Miguel Ângelo Lupi,
António Carvalho de Silva Porto,
Marques de Oliveira,
Henrique Pousão,
Aurélia de Souza
Maria Aurélia Martins de Sousa (June 13, 1866 – May 26, 1922) was a Portuguese painter.
Biography
She was born in Valparaíso, Chile, the fourth of seven children to Portuguese emigrants António Martins de Sousa and Olinda Peres. The famil ...
,
Sofia Martins de Sousa,
Dórdio Gomes,
Júlio Resende
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and sculptors
Soares do Reis,
Augusto Santo,
António Teixeira Lopes
António Teixeira Lopes (27 October 1866–21 June 1942) was a Portuguese sculptor.
Life
Teixeira Lopes was the son of sculptor José Joaquim Teixeira Lopes and started learning his art in his father's workshop. In 1882 he entered the Academ ...
,
Rodolfo Pinto do Couto and many others.
External links
Official siteSoares dos Reis National Museumwithin
Google Arts & Culture
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Art museums established in 1833
1833 establishments in Portugal