Henrique Bernardelli (15 July 1857 – 6 April 1936) was a Brazilian painter.
Life and Works
Henrique Bernardelli was born in Valparaiso, Chile. He was the brother of sculptor
Rodolfo, and painter and violinist
Félix.
In 1865 he moved with his family to
Rio Grande do Sul when his parents (a violinist and a dancer), were contracted by the emperor
Pedro II to be tutors to the imperial princesses.
In 1867 they moved to Rio de Janeiro.
In 1870 he enrolled in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (AIBA) in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, studying with painters of outstanding importance such as
Victor Meirelles
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and
Agostinho José da Mota. In 1878 he took Brazilian nationality to be eligible for AIBA's European travel award. He lost the award to
Rodolfo Amoedo
Rodolfo Amoedo (11 December 1857 – 31 May 1941) was a Brazilian painter, designer and decorator.
Biography
His interest in art and decoration began when a family friend (who was a lyricist) invited him to do work on the now defunct Teatro Sã ...
but travelled to Rome in 1879 using his own resources. There he encountered the work of such artists as
Francesco Paolo Michetti
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Biography
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e
Giovanni Segantini.
Back in Rio de Janeiro in 1888 he participated in a number of exhibitions: In 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, where he won a bronze medal with the painting ''Os Bandeirantes''; in 1890 at the General Exhibition of Fine Arts, where he showed the works ''Dicteriade'', ''Tarantella'' and ''Calle de Venezia''; and in 1893 at the Chicago Universal Exhibition with ''Messalina'', ''Mater'' and ''Proclamação da República''.
In 1891 he became a teacher of painting of the recently inaugurated
Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. He kept contact with the Italian figurative culture, constantly travelling to cities such as Rome,
Naples
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and
Venice
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. He taught at the school until replaced by
in 1906 when he began to give private lessons in his studio, at the same time receiving private commissions.
His performance as a decorator deserves attention, having worked on the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts. In 1916 he won one of the highest awards that an artist can aspire to in Brazil: the Medal of Honour. He was also a member of the Superior Council of Fine Arts to which he rendered important services.
A large part of the work of Henrique Bernardelli was donated to the state´s art collection. There is a bust of him with his brother Rodolfo in Praça do Lido,
Copacabana, by the sculptor .
Gallery
Image:Bernardelli-mater-mnba.jpg, ''Motherhood''
Image:Henrique Bernardelli - Paisagem de Ouro Preto.jpg, '' Ouro Preto Countryside''
Image:Republica1889.jpg, ''Declaration of the Republic (Deodoro da Fonseca
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)''
Image:Retrato de Machado de Assis (1905), por H. Bernardelli.jpg, ''Machado de Assis
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'', 1905
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Fonte mineira, 1927, óleo sobre tela, 31 x 24 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Fountain in Minas Gerais, 1927
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Garimpeiro em Diamantina, MG, sem data, óleo sobre tela sobre madeira, 23,3 x 13,5 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpeg, Miner in Diamantina
Diamantina may refer to:
Geography
Australia
* Diamantina Bowen (1833-1893), ''grande dame'' of Queensland and the wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland.
* ''Diamantina Cocktail'', 1976 album by Little River Band
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, undated
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Retrato de Carlos Américo, 23-11-1918, óleo sobre tela, 33,5 x 28 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Portrait of Carlos Américo, 1918
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Moça na fonte, óleo sobre tela, 27,3 x 18 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Girl at the fountain
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Estudo para decoração da Sala Martinelli, 20-01-1931, óleo sobre madeira, 27,5 x 27,5 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Study for the decoration of Sala Martinelli, 1931
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Pombas, óleo sobre tela sobre cartão, 18,3 x 36 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Doves
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Retrato de Jovem Garota, 1922, óleo sobre cartão, 31 x 23,4 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg, Portrait of a young girl, 1922
References
Further reading
*''Dicionário de Curiosidades do Rio de Janeiro'', A. Campos – Da Costa e Silva, São Paulo, S/d.
External links
DezenoveVinte – Arte brasileira do século XIX e início do XX
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1857 births
1936 deaths
19th-century Brazilian painters
19th-century Brazilian male artists
20th-century Brazilian painters
20th-century Brazilian male artists