Painter. José Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting in the second half of the 19th century. He often painted popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings: "Os Bêbados" ("The Drunks", 1907) and "O Fado" (1910). He always remained faithful to the naturalist style, but in some of his works there are impressionist influences, as in "Outono" ("Autumn", 1918), that can be considered an "impressionist exercise". Born José Vital Branco Malhoa in Caldas da Rainha, he entered the school of the Lisbon Academy of Fine Arts at just 12 years old. In every year he won the first prize, due to his enormous artistic qualities. He held several exhibitions, both in Portugal and abroad, namely in Madrid, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. He was one of the founders of the "Grupo do Leão" ("The Lion's Group"), a usual meeting of artists, writers and intellectuals in a Lisbon downtown restaurant called "Leão de Ouro" ("Golden Lion") in order to discuss aesthetic issues and proclaim Naturalism against the academic art of the time. He was the first president of the National Society of Fine Arts and was made Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword on May 31, 1928. He died in his country house, known as "Casulo", in Figueiró dos Vinhos, aged 78. At the end of his life, he saw the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum, in Caldas da Rainha. Malhoa's House, also known as the Dr. Anastácio-Gonçalves House-Museum, in Lisbon, was originally built in 1905 as a residence and studio for the artist. It was bought by Dr. Anastácio-Gonçalves, an art collector, a year before the painter's death, and it became a museum in 1980, showcasing several items from his collection, namely works from Portuguese painters of the 19th and 20th century.
Painter. José Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting in the second half of the 19th century. He often painted popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings: "Os Bêbados" ("The Drunks", 1907) and "O Fado" (1910). He always remained faithful to the naturalist style, but in some of his works there are impressionist influences, as in "Outono" ("Autumn", 1918), that can be considered an "impressionist exercise". Born José Vital Branco Malhoa in Caldas da Rainha, he entered the school of the Lisbon Academy of Fine Arts at just 12 years old. In every year he won the first prize, due to his enormous artistic qualities. He held several exhibitions, both in Portugal and abroad, namely in Madrid, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. He was one of the founders of the "Grupo do Leão" ("The Lion's Group"), a usual meeting of artists, writers and intellectuals in a Lisbon downtown restaurant called "Leão de Ouro" ("Golden Lion") in order to discuss aesthetic issues and proclaim Naturalism against the academic art of the time. He was the first president of the National Society of Fine Arts and was made Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword on May 31, 1928. He died in his country house, known as "Casulo", in Figueiró dos Vinhos, aged 78. At the end of his life, he saw the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum, in Caldas da Rainha. Malhoa's House, also known as the Dr. Anastácio-Gonçalves House-Museum, in Lisbon, was originally built in 1905 as a residence and studio for the artist. It was bought by Dr. Anastácio-Gonçalves, an art collector, a year before the painter's death, and it became a museum in 1980, showcasing several items from his collection, namely works from Portuguese painters of the 19th and 20th century.
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