Clementina Carneiro de Moura

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Clementina Carneiro de Moura

Maria Clementina Vilas Boas Carneiro de Moura Manta (born September 25, 1898 in Lisbon , Portugal ; † July 18, 1992 ibid.) Was a Portuguese painter and art professor. She was the wife of the painter Abel Manta and mother of João Abel Manta . Clementina Carneiro de Moura belonged to the second generation of Portuguese modern painters.

Live and act

She studied at the Escola de Belas Artes de Lisboa under Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro , where she graduated in 1920. Sarah Afonso was a classmate . On a trip to Paris in 1920 she met the painter Abel Manta, whom she married in 1927. From this marriage comes son João Abel Manta.

In 1940 she worked on the decoration of the oriental pavilion at the world exhibition in Portugal. In 1947 she traveled all over Portugal and studied the decorative arts, including the making of quilts, embroidery and traditional lace. Clementina Carneiro de Moura wrote several books on the subject of silk embroidery. In addition, she worked as a draftsman and as an art teacher at higher and secondary schools and as a professor at art colleges.

In her painting, which was considered to be sensitive and serene, she mainly created portraits, landscapes, still lifes and pictures from the private sphere, which, for example, showed her family. In addition, she was considered a specialist in the applied arts, also known as the “master of patchwork”. Especially from the 1970s onwards, she made works using this technique. Her pictures have been shown at exhibitions at home and abroad, including the annual exhibition of the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes 1920 and several exhibitions of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian .

Clementina Carneiro de Moura was politically active; in the 1940s and 1950s the anti-fascist was a member of the Movimento Portugues Feminina para a paz (Portuguese women's movement for peace).

On January 9, 1960, she was honored as an officer of the Portuguese Order for Public Education ( Ordem da Instrução Pública ) and has since carried the name OIP.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Clementina Vilas Boas Carneiro de Moura, * 1898 | Geneall.net. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (European Portuguese).
  2. ^ França, José-Augusto: A arte em Portugal no século XX (1911-1961) . Third edition. Bertrand Editora, Venda Nova 1991, ISBN 972-25-0045-7 .
  3. ↑ Carla Mendes: Clementina Carneiro de Moura. Museu Escola Josefa Obidos, accessed June 24, 2018 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ - Página Oficial the Order of Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Moura, Clementina Carneiro de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moura Manta, Maria Clementina Vilas Boas Carneiro de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese painter and art professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1992
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal