Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos (Barto) (24 August 1931 – 21 May 2008) was a

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artist and professor who specialized in the

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, with an emphasis on

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and

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s. Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos was born in

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, in 1931. He studied at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, a Portuguese school for

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, from 1950 until 1956. Santos furthered his art training at the

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, the

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, from 1956 until 1958. He studied under

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while attending The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. Santos held his first personal, public

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at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in

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in 1959. Ultimately, Santos would hold 82 separate art exhibitions during his career. Santos began teaching fine arts at the Slade School of Fine Art following the completion of his studies. He remained as a faculty member in Slade's Department of

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from 1961 until his retirement from the school in 1996. He also lectured and taught at

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and

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throughout

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as a visiting artist. Santos also taught extensively as a visiting

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outside of Portugal and the United Kingdom. He taught at the

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, in 1969 and again in 1980 as a visiting professor. Santos also taught at the Konstkollan Umea in

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in 1977 and 1978 and the

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, in 1986 and 1987. He also taught at the Academia de Artes Visuais in

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on numerous occasions. Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos' work can be found in private and public

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worldwide. Examples of his work can be found on public display in the Entrecampos Metro Station in the city of

. Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos died in

on 21 May 2008, at the age of 77. He had been ill for some time, according to his friend, Portuguese writer, Luis Amorim de Sousa. For his last show he invited friend and colleague John Aiken to commission the exhibit in th
Casa das Artes
Tavira in August 2008. The stairs leading to his printmaking studio, in Tavira, have been named after him.

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