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de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.
 

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Pedro Americo Lion oil on canvas


Lion
Lion
Painting ID::  87461
  Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr
  Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr

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Pedro Americo Lion oil on canvas


Lion
Lion
Painting ID::  87463
  Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr
  Date c. 1895(1895) Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in) cjr

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Pedro Americo Night with the Genii of Study and Love oil on canvas


Night with the Genii of Study and Love
Night with the Genii of Study and Love
Painting ID::  88137
  1886(1886) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 260 x 195 cm (102.4 x 76.8 in) cjr
  1886(1886) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 260 x 195 cm (102.4 x 76.8 in) cjr

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Pedro Americo Peace and Concord oil on canvas


Peace and Concord
Peace and Concord
Painting ID::  88349
  1895(1895) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in) cyf
  1895(1895) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in) cyf

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Pedro Americo Quartered Tiradentes oil on canvas


Quartered Tiradentes
Quartered Tiradentes
Painting ID::  88842
  1893(1893) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 270 x 165 cm (106.3 x 65 in) cyf
  1893(1893) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 270 x 165 cm (106.3 x 65 in) cyf

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     de Figueiredo e Melo (Areia, Brazil, 29 April 1843 - Florence, Italy, 7 October 1905) was one of the most important academic painters of Brazil. He was also a writer and a teacher. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1854, where he was granted a scholarship to study in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts). Later he furthered his studies in Europe, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, being a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin and Carle-Horace Vernet, winning much praise for his paintings, and achieving the Doctorate in Sciences at the University of Brussels, in 1868. Returning to Brazil, he produced a great series of masterpieces, including one of the most well known works of art in Brazil: Independence or Death!, depicting the moment when Prince Peter declared the country independent from Portugal, a work that has illustrated History books for elementary schools in Brazil for decades. Living mostly in Florence, Italy but traveling extensively back and forth from Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Am??rico managed to work also as a lecturer and an art historian. He married Carlota de Ara??jo Porto-alegre (1844?C1918), daughter of painter and diplomat Manuel de Ara??jo Porto-alegre, and they had children. Knighted by the German Crown he was also Great Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. With the proclamation of the Republic in Brazil in 1889, he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly.

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