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 Lion oil painting


Lion
Gemälde ID::  87461
Siehe Galerie in Schweden
Lion
Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr
Date_c._1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14__x__19_cm_(5.5__x__7.5_in) _ cjr
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Lion oil painting


Lion
Gemälde ID::  87463
Siehe Galerie in Schweden
Lion
Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr
Date_c._1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_cardboard _ Dimensions_14__x__19_cm_(5.5__x__7.5_in) _ cjr
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Night with the Genii of Study and Love oil painting


Night with the Genii of Study and Love
Gemälde ID::  88137
Siehe Galerie in Schweden
Night with the Genii of Study and Love
1886(1886) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 260 x 195 cm (102.4 x 76.8 in) cjr
1886(1886) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_260__x__195_cm_(102.4__x__76.8_in) _ cjr
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Peace and Concord oil painting


Peace and Concord
Gemälde ID::  88349
Siehe Galerie in Schweden
Peace and Concord
1895(1895) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in) cyf
1895(1895) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_42__x__60_cm_(16.5__x__23.6_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Pedro Americo Quartered Tiradentes oil painting


Quartered Tiradentes
Gemälde ID::  88842
Siehe Galerie in Schweden
Quartered Tiradentes
1893(1893) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 270 x 165 cm (106.3 x 65 in) cyf
1893(1893) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_270__x__165_cm_(106.3__x__65_in) _ 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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