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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:: 86262
Sulky
1882(1882)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 72.8 x 48.6 cm (28.7 x 19.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 86263
Maraba
1882(1882)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 120 x 171 cm (47.2 x 67.3 in)
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Painting ID:: 86645
The last Tamoio
Date 1883(1883)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 180.3 x 261.3 cm (71 x 102.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 87808
Jesus Christ in Capernaum
1883(1883)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63 x 79 cm (24.8 x 31.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 88130
Portrait of the artist's sister in law
Oil on panel
Dimensions 32.7 x 24.3 cm (12.9 x 9.6 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: | Jan van Gool | Joseph Blondel | Francesco Fracanzano | Viacheslav Schwarz | John Giles Eccardt |
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