In 1958, he finished the painting course at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, where he metRené Bertholo, Gonçalo Duarte, coast pine It isLourdes Castro. In a studio shared withJoao Vieira, René Bertholo and Gonçalo Duarte on the top floor of “Café Gelo”, joins the group of visual artists who became known as “Ice Coffee Group”. Before that, however, he had already joined the MAR (Movement for the Renewal of Religious Art) started in 1952 and which, quoting, “corresponds to the realization of the will of a group of Catholic artists committed to elevating religious architecture and sacred art in Portugal to greater...
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Helena de Medeiros BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Helena de Medeiros, from Porto, trained at the London Fashion School and Escola Superior de Artes e Design, which he attended, is one of the most recent national inspirations across borders. Currently responsible for the costumes at La Scala, in Milan, he has offered a very unique interpretation of custom design, present across all of his work, and centered on the bird and the interpretation of its symbolism. Her passion for scenography makes her one of the most praised artists in this universe, having built a solid and enviable path with some of the most...
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Continuing the artistic journey that our Gallery raises, this is another name that calls our attention due to the fact that we have represented it in available work and, above all, because it fits our concern – which is nothing more than a form of our cultural interest – with publicizing routes that break routines and avoid the static attitude of mere possession for the sake of possession. We are convinced that aesthetic expression, whatever form it takes to manifest itself, is not an end in itself, exhausted. It is not the end of a cycle, but the beginning of...
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Once again, and all that are available, as we go through the walls and easels of our Gallery, works appear that remind us of names, currents, schools, styles and trends that we dwell on. Today, the German Penck (Ralf Winkler), born in the mythical and martyred city of Dresden, is our chosen one.I fear it between us and him let's talk a little. Who is it? What represents? Where does it take us? Opening let us say that Penck is aman of the seven trades: he paints, sculpts, draws, prints, engraves, organizes performances in which he combines music and plastic expression...
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