Rodolfo Amoedo

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Self-portrait from 1921.
O Último Tamoio (1883).
Mural A fundação da cidade do Rio de Janeiro (“The founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro”) in the Palácio Pedro Ernesto , Rio de Janeiro, dated 1923.

Rodolfo Amoedo (born December 11, 1857 in Salvador da Bahia , Brazil , † May 31, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian painter.

Life

Amoedo came to the Liceu Imperial de Artes at the age of 16 and became a student of Victor Meirelles , Costa Miranda and Sousa Lobo . On the occasion of the annual exhibition of the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes , some works by Amoedo were awarded. So he prevailed against Henrique Bernardelli with the "O sacrifício de Abel" created in 1878 . This also included a travel grant, with the help of which he traveled to Paris in May 1879 the following year .

There he became a student at the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre in the same year . He later switched to the École des Beaux-Arts with the support of his teachers and was a. a. Taught by Paul Baudry , Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes . With their advocacy, he was able to participate in the major exhibitions of the Salon de Paris in 1882, 1883 and 1884 .

In 1888 Amoedo returned to Brazil and settled in Rio de Janeiro. He founded a studio there and was also entrusted with a teaching position at the art academy, the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes .

At the age of almost 84, Rodolfo Amoedo died on May 31, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, where he found his final resting place.

Student (selection)

literature

  • C. Calza et al .: Analysis of paintings from the 19th century Brazilian painter Rodolfo Amoedo using EDXRF portable system. In: X-Ray Spectrometry. Vol. 38 (2009), No. 4, ISSN  0049-8246 , pp. 327-332.
  • Annette Hulek-Gnärig: Painting in Brazil. 1922 to 1951; national self-definition and art . Dissertation. Free University of Berlin, 1988, DNB 890630526 .

Web links

Commons : Rodolfo Amoedo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ana Maria Tavares Cavalcanti: Os prêmios de Viagem da Academia em pintura . In: 185 anos da Escola de Belas Artes . UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 2001 (Brazilian Portuguese, academia.edu - therein chapter O itinerário de Rodolpho Amoêdo (1857–1941) ).
personal data
SURNAME Amoedo, Rodolfo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Salvador da Bahia , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1941
Place of death Rio de Janeiro