Almada negreiros biography resumida

Almada quis o mundo e ainda quis mais. Almada quis ser arte. Almada foi arte. Gostas do trabalho da Comunidade Cultura e Arte? Desde que me lembro que vejo futebol e que adoro futebol. Cresci a ver as grandes vedetas nos mundiais, nos […]. Este ano, editou o seu primeiro livro de poemas, […]. A […]. Sabe Mais. Tags: almada negreiros arte fernando pessoa Futurismo modernismo portugal.

In he had his first individual exhibition, showing 90 drawings. This same year Almada Negreiros wrote the famous Manifesto Anti- Dantas e por extenso , a humorous attack against a more traditionalist and bourgeois older generation. In the artist also conceived the O Sonho da Rosa ballet. Between the years —20 Almada lived in Paris. To support himself, he worked as a dancer and as a factory worker.

In he returned to Lisbon. In he went to Madrid where he wrote for several Spanish publications, including Cronica and La Farsa. Back in Portugal, in the following years his artistic production were wide and prolific as he became a key artist in Portuguese modern art, influenced by Cubism and, mainly, by Futurism. In he married painter Sarah Afonso 13 May — 14 December Re-settled for good in Portugal, he would continue in his role as "artistic agitator" within the oppressed society that was Portugal until the time of his death.

He was also, if only occasionally, an actor and a dancer, understanding that all forms of art are intimately linked. Almada Negreiros always called himself a futurist artist, inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and other modern artists; however his style is wider, and does not fit easily into a category. Adding to this modern approach his works also revealed a decorative and arabesque richness, and sometimes a geometrical abstraction.

His public art was often politically engaged, as his mural "Gare Maritima de Alcantara" shows. Many of his paintings and drawings show common people in daily affairs or attitudes usual in socialist art. His work as a visual artist extended to tapestry, printmaking, theater and ballet scenography. An important part of his artistic production was literary.

Almada Negreiros wrote novels, poems, playwrights, essays and manifests that were, in his lifetime, published in books, magazines, newspapers or even low-cost booklets and flyers.

Almada negreiros biography resumida

His literary work is highly evolved with his artistic view, often visual and "geometric" in his descriptions and backgrounds. He also wrote essays on the theory of colours, the Portuguese antique painting, geometry and gave numerous conferences on cultural matters. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.