Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (born November 14, 1887 in Manhufe, Mancelos near Amarante, Porto district, † October 25, 1918 in Espinho , Aveiro district) was a pioneer of postmodern Portuguese painting .
Life
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso completed a degree in architecture at the Academia de Belas-Artes in Lisbon in 1905 . A year later he went to France to devote himself entirely to painting in Paris . He attended various academies, such as the Académie Vitti , and within a very short time he made the acquaintance of the city's most famous artists, including Amedeo Modigliani , Juan Gris , Pablo Picasso , Constantin Brâncuși , Alexander Archipenko , Sonia and Robert Delaunay . Through his friendship with the painter and sculptor Otto Freundlich , Souza-Cardoso also became aware of Expressionism , and the art of the Brücke and the Blauer Reiter gave him important impulses. This was followed by exhibitions in Munich , Berlin , Hamburg , Moscow , London and in 1913 participation in the Armory Show in New York City .
His triumph as a promising talent ended when Souza-Cardoso was forced to return to Portugal at the beginning of the First World War . In Barcelona he met the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and married his niece Lúcia Peretto. In 1918 he died of the Spanish flu .
Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
The Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso in Amarante shows a large part of the painter's oeuvre that has survived.
Commemorative coin
1987 Portugal: 100 Escudos, silver, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.
literature
- Catarina Alfaro, Helena DeFreita, Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg : Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887–1918). A pioneer from Portugal. Hachmannedition, 2007, ISBN 3-939429-34-1 .
- Leonor de Oliveira and Catarina Alfaro: Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso - Fotobiografia, Assírio & Alvim, 2007, ISBN 978-3-939429-34-0 .
Web links
- Collections of the Museu Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (English and Portuguese)
- Special exhibition Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso in the Ernst-Barlach-Haus
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Souza-Cardoso, Amadeo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardoso, Amadeu de Sousa- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhufe, Mancelos , Amarante, Porto District |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1918 |
| Place of death | Espinho , Aveiro District |