João António Correia (26 December 1822 – 16 March 1896) was a Portuguese painter and art professor.

Biography

His father was a textile merchant. He enrolled at the "Academia Real de Marinha e Comércio", taking the course in design from 1836 to 1838. The following year, he began to study mathematics, but continued with designing and received an award for his print of "Venus Binding the Wings of Love".Biography
@ the University of Porto: "Antigos Estudantes Ilustres". During this time, he also took classes in history painting, perspective and anatomy at the "Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto" (now part of the

University of Porto The University of Porto (''Universidade do Porto'') is a Portuguese public research university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University ...

), winning honors at the first triennial exposition in 1842. He was then able to study in Paris, thanks to a subscription taken up for him by a civic group in Porto. There, he lived with the painter

Théodore Chassériau Théodore Chassériau (; ; September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to A ...

, who helped him prepare for the competition at the

École des Beaux-Arts ; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...

, which he probably attended, although he may have studied privately. On his return to Portugal in 1851, he was named Deputy Professor for history painting at the Academy in Porto. He became a full Professor six years later and introduced the practice of painting from live nude models. Later, he served as Director of the Academy, from 1882 until his death. Among his best-known students were

António Soares dos Reis António Manuel Soares dos Reis (Vila Nova de Gaia, 14 October 1847 - Vila Nova de Gaia, 16 February 1889) was a Portuguese sculptor. Studies He first studied at the Portuense Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in sculpture in 1867. He st ...

João Marques de Oliveira João Joaquim Marques da Silva Oliveira (23 August 1853 – 9 October 1927) was a Portuguese painter in the Naturalism (visual art), Naturalist style. Biography Oliveira was born in Porto. In 1864, when he was only eleven, he entered the . Five ...

, António Silva Porto,

Henrique Pousão Henrique César de Araújo Pousão (Vila Viçosa, 1 January 1859 - Vila Viçosa, 20 March 1884) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese painter. Life Henrique Pousão was the son of a judge, from a wealthy family of Alentejo. His early talent man ...

and Artur Loureiro. He was also well known as a portrait painter and executed several religious murals for the

Church of Saint Ildefonso The ''Igreja de Santo Ildefonso'' is an eighteenth-century church in Porto, Portugal. The church is located near Batalha Square. Completed in 1739, the church was built in a proto-Baroque style and features a retable by the Italian artist Nic ...

and other local churches. He willed his works to the Academy, but they were actually auctioned off and dispersed.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Correia, Joao Antonio 1822 births 1896 deaths Artists from Porto Portuguese portrait painters 19th-century Portuguese painters 19th-century Portuguese male artists Portuguese male painters University of Porto alumni

Biography

References

Further reading

External links