Santa-Rita Pintor, born Guilherme Augusto Cau da Costa de Santa-Rita (18891918), was a Portuguese

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painter, known for his eccentricities, which included his signature mode of dressing: work clothes with striped rectangles.

Life

He first attended the Academy of Fine Arts (now part of the

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), then went to Paris on a state scholarship in 1910.Brief biography
@ Infopédia. There, he studied at the

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. He also shared a studio with

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and was introduced to Futurism by

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. An avowed

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, after the

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he came into conflict with João Chagas, the Portuguese Ambassador, who was an even stronger advocate of

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. This resulted in the loss of his scholarship.Brief biography
@ Futurismo1909. After his return home, he saw himself as the official representative of Futurism in Portugal and made a failed attempt to publish Marinetti's works there. In 1913, he appeared as a character in the novel ''A Confissão de Lúcio'' (Lúcio's Confession) by

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. Four years later, he and

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were the main participants at a conference in the Teatro República, where Futurist documents were read and a manifesto announced. That same year, he helped launch the journal ''Portugal Futurista''. Only one issue was published, and most of the copies were seized by the police due to alleged obscenity. He died of

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at his parents' home in 1918, leaving instructions to destroy all of his works. A few paintings survived in the hands of collectors and friends. They are now in the possession of the

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and the

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. Others were partially preserved as black and white illustrations in ''Portugal Futurista'' and a similar journal called '' Orpheu''.

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External links

"Porto expõe quadro raro de Santa-Rita"
by Agostinho Santos from the '' Jornal de Notícias'' website.
"Museu da Guarda expõe três desenhos inéditos de Santa Rita Pintor"
by Rita Cipriano from the ''Observador'' website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Santa-Rita, Guilherme de 1880s births 1918 deaths Portuguese painters Portuguese male painters Portuguese expatriates in France Futurist painters People from Lisbon 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Portugal

Life

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