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Between the years of 1918-20 Almada-Negreiros lived in Paris, working as a dancer and as a factory worker to earn a living. Although he led a relatively isolated life, he established acquaintance with some of the most prominent artists of 20th century modern art

José Sobral de Almada-Negreiros was a Portuguese painter and writer, born in the then colony of São Tomé e Príncipe. Besides literature and painting, Almada composed ballet choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass. Having drawn inspiration from Cubism and Futurist movements, Almada-Negreiros is considered one of the pivotal figures of the Modernist movement in Portugal.Following the lead of other European vanguard movements of the early 20th century, Almada-Negreiros, along with writers Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro and painters such as Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and Santa Rita Pintor, formed a group named "Orpheu’s generation". Intent on agitating, subverting and scandalizing the Portuguese conservative bourgeoisie and, by extension, all social conventions, the group launched a magazine – "Orpheu" – a journal of art and literature. Essentially, their aim was to produce a shift in the society’s mind frame, urging people to look to the future and to believe in their Man’s capacities.

The Bathers (1925)

Figurinos Para Cunha Taylors 1913

Untitled, 1948

Study for a theatre decoration (Teatro Muñoz Seca de Madrid) 1929

Untitled, 1930

Sinceridade

Acrobatas

Bailarina

Homenagem a Lucca Signorelli (1942)

1941 nude painting

Female nude (for the decoration of Bristol club), 1926

1940 Familia

Lendo Orpheu 2, colecção privada, Lisboa

Artista e Modelo, 1953 Leitura

Double portrait

1936

Maternity, 1935

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This exhibition features

tapestries designed in Portalegre

which recreate the works of

Almada Negreiros. The fresh paintings of the Gare de Alcântara and the Gare da Rocha are present in

these tapestries

works.

The Portalegre Tapestries,

which claim the status of a work of art, are the

result of a division between the painter and the craftsmen who recreates

the narrative of the first artist.

Integração racial, 1948Tapestry

Auto-retrato com o grupo da Brasileira (1925)

Três poemas desenhados

Tapestry called "O Número"

(The Number) in

the Tribunal de

Contas building, Lisbon, 1958

Tapestry called "O Número" (The Number) in the Tribunal de Contas building, Lisbon, 1958.

'A sentença de Salomão', tapeçaria de Almada Negreiros (1962)

Azulejos de Almada

Negreiros

Tapestry called "Lenda do Lethes”

According to the legend, when the Romans reached Rio Lima on their march through Iberia they had a great deal of trouble leaving because the soldiers were convinced the Rio Lima was the River Lethes - the mythical river of oblivion - and that if they crossed it they would forget everything. It was only after their leader, Decimus Junius Brutus, plunged ahead and shouted back their legionaries' names that they braved the waters

Tapestry called "Lenda do Lethes”

Tapestry called "Lenda do Lethes”

Decimus Iunius Brutus near river Lima- Tapestry

Pousada de Santa Luzia,

Viana do Castelo

Painel de Azulejos "Lenda do Lethes” in Ponte de Lima

Painel de Azulejos in

Ponte de Lima: Decimus Iunius

Brutus near Lima river

Luís Vaz de Camões

Retrato de Fernando Pessoa, 1964.

Retrato de Fernando Pessoa, 1954.

Hall, wall panel Começar The lobby of the headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Sound: Miguel Poveda, Mariza y la ONE - Meu fado meu

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