About Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Kingdom of Portugal · 1857–1929
- French Realism
Portuguese Realist painter celebrated for his psychologically penetrating portraits, co-founder of the Grupo do Leão, and designer of the Portuguese republican flag.
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Most worksSão Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo · 1 works
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Where to see Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
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1 works
São Paulo Museum of Art
São Paulo, Brazil
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1 works
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Frequently Asked Questions
Who was Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro?
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro was a Portuguese painter, the son of a romantic painter and brother of a famous caricaturist. By the time of his death in 1929[1], he was considered the greatest Portuguese painter of the 19th century. He also served as director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art from 1914[1] to 1927.What is Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro known for?
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro is known for his portraits, which had a psychological weight unusual in Iberian painting. Comparisons were drawn between him, Wilhelm Leibl, and John Singer Sargent. He is also known for co-founding the Grupo do Leão (the Lion's Group), an informal collective of Naturalist painters.What was Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro's art style?
The biography mentions that Columbano was influenced by Courbet, Manet, and Degas, which is reflected in his tonal economy and his unsentimental approach. He was also part of the Grupo do Leão (the Lion's Group), a collective of Naturalist painters.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro's works across the following collections.
- [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro Used for: biography.
- [2] book Koning, Jan,Uffelen, Gerda va,Zemanek, Alicja,Zemanek, Bogdan, Drawn After Nature: The Complete Botanical Watercolours of the 16th-Century Libri Picturati Used for: biography.
- [3] book Jennifer D. Milam, Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
- [4] book Leonor de Oliveira;, Portuguese Artists in London Used for: biography.
- [5] book "Michael Brand, Frederik J. Duparc, Ariane van Suchtelen, Anne T. Woollett, Tiarna Doherty, Mark Leonard and Jørgen Wadum", Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship Used for: biography.
- [6] book Zuzanna Sarnecka, The Materiality of Terracotta Sculpture in Early Modern Europe Used for: stylistic analysis.
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