Mário Eloy (15 March 1900 in Algés – 5 September 1951 in Lisbon) was a

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expressionist painter. Mário Eloy

Eloy was born in Lisbon. His style shows the influence of painters like

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, Picasso and, mostly, from the German

expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

painting, that he admired during his staying in

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, from 1927 to 1932, especially Carl Hofer. After returning to

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, he became the best representative from expressionism in the Portuguese painting. Some of his latter works, like "Enterro" (c. 1940), in his references, seems to anticipate the surrealism painting in Portugal. In year 1944, he had to leave painting due to a serious

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and spent the rest of his life in a mental institution at

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, where he died.

External links

Profile of Mário Eloy at José de Azeredo Perdigão Modern Art Center Official Site (In Portuguese)
Expressionist painters 1900 births 1951 deaths People from Lisbon 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century male artists Portuguese male painters {{Portugal-painter-stub