Pedro Americo
de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.

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Pedro Americo David and Abishag oil painting


David and Abishag
1879(1879) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 172 x 216 cm (67.7 x 85 in) cyf
Painting ID::  89238
Pedro Americo
David and Abishag
1879(1879) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 172 x 216 cm (67.7 x 85 in) cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Moses and Jochebed oil painting


Moses and Jochebed
1884(1884) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 151 x 105 cm (59.4 x 41.3 in) cyf
Painting ID::  91503
Pedro Americo
Moses and Jochebed
1884(1884) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 151 x 105 cm (59.4 x 41.3 in) cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Lion oil painting


Lion
1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf
Painting ID::  92233
Pedro Americo
Lion
1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Lion oil painting


Lion
1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf
Painting ID::  92234
Pedro Americo
Lion
1895(1895) Medium oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 X 19 cm (5.5 X 7.5 in) cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Alegoria oil painting


Alegoria
1883(1883) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 41 X 27 cm cyf
Painting ID::  96572
Pedro Americo
Alegoria
1883(1883) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 41 X 27 cm cyf
   
   
     

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     Pedro Americo
     de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.

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