Estêvão Roberto da Silva (1844? in

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– 9 November 1891, in Rio de Janeiro) was an

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painter and art teacher.

Life

His background is not known for certain, but his parents may have been slaves. He enrolled at the

Academia Imperial de Belas Artes The Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (') was an institution of higher learning in the arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, established by King João VI. Despite facing many initial difficulties, the Academy was established and took its place at the fore ...

in 1864, where he studied with

Victor Meirelles Victor Meirelles de Lima (18 August 1832 – 22 February 1903) was a Brazilian painter and teacher who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history. From humble origins, his talent was soon recognized, being admitted a ...

and

Agostinho José da Mota Agostinho José da Mota (18 June 1824 – 21 August 1878) was a Brazilian painter and teacher. Biography He was born in Rio de Janeiro. His inclination for art emerged early in childhood. In 1837 he enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Art ...

, who inspired him to specialize in

still-life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...

s. In the 1880s, he became identified with the "Grupo Grimm", an association of disaffected artists that formed around the German-born painter Georg Grimm, although he never actually broke with the Academy's teaching methods.Brief biography
@ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. He was, however, involved in a protest concerning an award that he felt had been denied to him unjustly; a protest he made directly to Emperor Pedro II during the award ceremony. As a result, he came before a disciplinary committee that found him guilty of contempt for school discipline. Luckily, they also determined that he had no malicious intent, so he was suspended for one year rather than being expelled.: excerpt from a book by Laudelino Freire that quotes the committee's decision. Despite this incident, he became the first Afro-Brazilian to graduate from the Academy and became a teacher at the "Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Rio de Janeiro", where he remained until his death. In addition to his popular still lifes (mostly devoted to fruit), he painted some historical scenes and religious works.

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Cristina Pierre de França: "A pintura de Estevão Silva e sua relação com a brasilidade".
In: ''III Encontro de História da Arte'' -

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(2007) 1840s births 1891 deaths Brazilian still life painters 19th-century Brazilian painters 19th-century Brazilian male artists {{Brazil-painter-stub

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