Artur Loureiro, Landscape, Oil on Canvas

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Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1872. Dimensions: 38 x 155 cm. Biographical Note: A Portuguese naturalist painter born in … Read more Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1872. Dimensions: 38 x 155 cm. Biographical Note: A Portuguese naturalist painter born in Porto, he attended and completed the Painting course at the Porto Academy of Fine Arts. He studied in Paris and Rome, where he was a disciple of Cabanel and dedicated himself to plein air painting, influenced by the Barbizon School. He spent time with Portuguese artists in Paris, especially Columbano, but also António Ramalho, Marques de Oliveira, Sousa Pinto, Silva Porto, João Vaz, and also Bastien Lepage and Henri Pautin. She lived in Australia, where she grew up as a young Australian painter. In Melbourne, she taught at the Presbyterian Ladies College and began a new phase influenced by Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites. She returned to Porto in 1901. Her works are spread across museums such as the Regional Museum of Évora, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Soares dos Reis, the Regional Museum of Grão Vasco, the Sanderstan Gallery and the National Gallery of Melbourne, among other institutions and private collections. See less