José Júlio de Souza Pinto (15 September 1856 – 14 April 1939) was a Portuguese painter in the

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style.Luciano, Migliaccio. José Júlio de Souza Pinto. In: Marques, Luiz (org.) ''Catálogo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand'': Arte da Península Ibérica do centro e do norte da Europa. São Paulo: Prêmio, 1998.

Life and work

He was born in

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, in

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island,

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, the son of a doctor.José Júlio de Sousa Pinto, Antigo Estudante da Academia Portuense de Belas Artes
Brief biography He lived in the islands of

, Santa Maria and

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, until the age of fourteen. Later, he lived in

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, where he studied at the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes with

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and João António Correia. In 1880, after graduating, he and fellow student

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travelled to Paris on a fellowship. Once there, he obtained a position in the studios of

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, studying with

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and

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at the

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. He quickly became integrated into Parisian artistic circles and placed works at all the major exhibitions, including the

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. By 1900, he was a member of the judging panel at the Salon. Eventually, he also presented his works in Brazil and the United States. He made frequent visits to Portugal, where he exhibited in Porto and Lisbon, and he was the first Portuguese artist to have his work displayed in the

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(now in the

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). On a visit to

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, he became enamoured of the southern coast and lived there for the remainder of his life, painting

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scenes of the local people and villages. He died at

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Selected paintings

File:Pinto--Sousa-54.jpg, The Missing Ship (1901) File:José Júlio Sousa Pinto - O balde azul.jpg, The Blue Bucket (1907) File:Souza-Sulking Girl.jpg, The Sulking Girl (1906) File:José Júlio de Souza Pinto (1856—1939). Potatoes.jpg, Harvesting Potatoes (1898)

References

External links

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ArtNet: More works by Souza Pinto

"The Potato Harvest", by Souza Pinto {{DEFAULTSORT:Souza Pinto, Jose Julio de 1856 births 1939 deaths People from Angra do Heroísmo 19th-century Portuguese painters 19th-century Portuguese male artists Portuguese male painters 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century Portuguese male artists University of Porto alumni