António Soares dos Reis

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Monument to Soares dos Reis by António Teixeira Lopes in Vila Nova de Gaia

António Soares dos Reis (born October 14, 1847 in Mafamude , † February 16, 1889 in Vila Nova de Gaia ) was a Portuguese sculptor . He is the most important representative of realism in Portugal .

Career

Soares dos Reis was the son of the respected merchant Manuel Soares and the D. Rita do Nascimento de Jesus. At the age of 13 he began studying at the Academia Portuense de Belas Artes with João António Correia in 1861 . After graduating in 1866, he lived in Paris from 1867 to 1870 and in Rome from 1871/72, where his most famous work, the sculpture O Desterrado , was created.

After returning to Porto, he taught as a professor at the Academia Portuense de Belas Artes. In 1885 he married Amélia Macedo.

Misunderstood and neglected during his lifetime, he committed suicide at the age of 41.

In 1911 the Museu Portuense was posthumously renamed the Museu Soares dos Reis . Today it houses the most important collection of his works.

literature

  • Esteves Pereira, Guilherme Rodrigues: Portugal: diccionario historico, chorographico, biographico, bibliographico, heraldico, numismatico e artistico. - Lisbon: Torres, 1904–1915
personal data
SURNAME Soares dos Reis, António
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Mafamude
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1889
Place of death Vila Nova de Gaia