Almada Negreiros São Tomé and Príncipe, April 7, 1893-Lisbon, July 15, 1970 was a Portuguese painter,poet and writer. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

José de Almada Negreiros

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Life

In 1913 he makes his first individual exhibition and along with Fernando Pessoa and Mário de Sá-Carneiro publishes poems and texts in the artistic magazine Orpheu, that would introduce modern literature in Portugal. In the following years his artistic production will be wide and prolific; from easel paintings to murals,vitrals,illustration and cenography, from novels,playwrights to poems, essays and panfletary manifests, he became a key artist in portuguese modern art, influenced by Cubism and, mainly, by Futurism. His role, during António de Oliveira Salazar´s authoritarian regime is however ambiguious, assuming both as an "aligned" artist (doing public mural paintings or propaganda posters) and a provocative critic of portuguese society of the time. In 1934 he marries with painter Sara Afonso, after coming back from stays in Paris and Madrid, and continues his role of "artistic agitator" within portuguese opressed society of the time until his death. Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (June 13, 1888 - November 30, 1935) was born in Lisbon and is seen by many as the greatest modern Portuguese author. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was probably the most important and influential art movement since the Italian Renaissance; it was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... Futurism may refer to: Future studies, the philosophical or academic study of the medium to long-term future also known as futurology. ... Antonio Salazar on July 22, 1946 issue of Time Magazine Professor António de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889—July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. ... The term authoritarian is used to describe an organization or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive measures against the population, generally without attempts at gaining the consent of the population. ...

Painting and visual arts

Almada Negreiros always called himself a futurist artist, inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and other modern artists, however is style is wider, and its hardly defined into a cathegory. Adding to this modern approach his works also reveals a decorative and arabesque richness and sometimes a geometrical abstractization. His public art is often engaged as mural of "Gare Maritima de Alcantara" shows, however, many of his paintings and drawings show common people in daily affairs or attitudes usual in socialist art. Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (Born December 22, 1876 in Alexandria, Egypt. ...

"Self Portrait with quotations", drawing, 1948

Portrait of Fernando Pessoa, oil on canvas

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Novels and writings

An important part of his artistic production is literary. He wrote novels,poems,playwrights,essays and manifests that were, in his lifetime, published in books, magazines, newspapers or even low cost booklets and flyers. In his novels and playwrights there is a description of daily affair of people besides a sense of the absurd and non-sense that can be related (preceding them) with writers like Eugène Ionesco or Arthur Adamov. His literary work is highy evolved with his artistic view, often visual and "geometric" in his descriptions and backgrounds. His manifests were highly provocative, like "Manifesto Anti-Dantas", a malicious and agressive text against a major figure of arts and culture of Salazar´s regime wich stands as a banner against mediocrity and conformism. He also wrote essays on the theory of colours, the portuguese antique painting, geometry and gave numerous conferences on cultural matters. Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu on November 26, 1909, was one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the absurd. ... Arthur Adamov (1908 - 1970) was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. ...

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