José Sobral de Almada Negreiros

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Almada Negreiros at the First Futurist Congress, April 1917 in the São Luiz Theater , Lisbon.

José Sobral de Almada Negreiros (born April 7, 1893 on the Roça Saudade estate near Trindade on São Tomé ; † June 15, 1970 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese universal artist who was one of the most important Portuguese artists of the 20th century, especially as a painter . He was also active as a writer .

Life

José Sobral de Almada Negreiros was one of the co-founders of Orpheu magazine . He had a long friendship with the poet Fernando Pessoa . An important portrait of Pessoa also comes from Almada Negreiros. From 1927 to 1931 he lived in Madrid. He received the Premio Columbano in 1942 and the Premio Domingos Sequeira in 1946. His work had a great influence on the Portuguese art of the next generations. He was an important representative of the artistic modernism of Portugal. He was married to the painter Sarah Afonso for a few years. Almada Negreiros died in Lisbon on June 15, 1970.

Almada Negreiros (painting by Bottelho )

Work as a universal artist

He was active in a wide variety of artistic fields: as a novelist , painter, caricaturist , illustrator, lyricist, essayist, dancer, stage and costume designer, draftsman, playwright. He has equipped many public buildings with his works in Spain and Portugal, such as For example, at the important Lisbon café A Brasileira in 1925, the glass work on the Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima or wall paintings in various public buildings in Madrid. But also company headquarters, ferry ports or the Literary Institute of the University of Lisbon . He was even seen as an actor in the film, probably one of his few appearances on celluloid : in 1920 he played one of the leading roles in the silent film " O condenando " (The Condemned).

Work as a writer (selection)

  • 1915: A Engomadeira (novella)
  • 1915: manifesto Anti-Dantas ( pamphlet )
  • 1917: K4, O Quadrado Azul (novella)
  • 1918: O Jardim da Pierette (ballet)
  • 1925: Nome de Guerra , Roman (published 1938)

Casa Museu Almada Negreiros

At the birthplace of Almada Negreiros on the Roça Saudade estate near Trindade on the African island of São Tomé , the Casa Museu Almada Negreiros has been a museum with an artist's workshop in his memory since 2015 .

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  • Major works of Spanish and Portuguese literature, Kindler's new lexicon.
  • Catalog for the exhibition "Portugal's Modernism" 1997.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Casa Museu Almada Negreiros nasce em São Tomé e Príncipe - “The Almada Negreiros museum house is being built in São Tomé and Príncipe” , website of the Portuguese public television broadcaster RTP with a television report, accessed on January 17, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Negreiros, José Sobral de Almada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese universal artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Trindade , Sao Tome , Sao Tome and Principe
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1970
Place of death Lisbon