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Rodolfo Amoedo
(born in Salvador, Bahia on December 11, 1857; died in Rio de Janeiro on May 31, 1941) was a Brazilian history painter. He began his career as an artist in 1873 as a student of Victor Meirelles. In 1878 he won the first prize at the Brazilian Academy, which allowed him to travel to Paris, where he lived from 1879 to 1887 studying at the École des Beaux Arts. He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel and also worked with Paul-Jacques-Aime Baudry. He was a professor and later director of the Brazilian Academy, renamed School of Fine Arts ou Escola Nacional de Belas Artes at the fall of the Brazilian Empire. His students include Eliseu Visconti. He died forgotten and so poor his friends had to help the widow pay for his funeral. His paintings still hang at the National Museum Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro.
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Painting ID:: 81634
Study of a woman
Date 1884(1884)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 150.5 x 200 cm (59.3 x 78.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 81658
Bad news
Date 1895(1895)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 100 x 74 cm (39.4 x 29.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 81867
Bedouin
Date 1920(1920)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 57 x 45 cm (22.4 x 17.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 82183
Jacob's departure
Date 1884(1884)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 105.5 x 136 cm (41.5 x 53.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 82196
Maraba
Date 1882(1882)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 65.5 x 88.4 cm (25.8 x 34.8 in)
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Rodolfo Amoedo
(born in Salvador, Bahia on December 11, 1857; died in Rio de Janeiro on May 31, 1941) was a Brazilian history painter. He began his career as an artist in 1873 as a student of Victor Meirelles. In 1878 he won the first prize at the Brazilian Academy, which allowed him to travel to Paris, where he lived from 1879 to 1887 studying at the École des Beaux Arts. He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel and also worked with Paul-Jacques-Aime Baudry. He was a professor and later director of the Brazilian Academy, renamed School of Fine Arts ou Escola Nacional de Belas Artes at the fall of the Brazilian Empire. His students include Eliseu Visconti. He died forgotten and so poor his friends had to help the widow pay for his funeral. His paintings still hang at the National Museum Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro.
. Related Artists to Rodolfo Amoedo: | Joseph Decamp | Floris van Dijck | Thomas Hickey | Pieter Meulener | Waldemar Rosler |
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