José Malhoa

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José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (Caldas da Rainha, 28 April 1855 ; Figueiró dos Vinhos, 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese painter, born in Caldas da Rainha.

He was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting, in the second half of the 19th century. He painted often popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings, "The Drunksmen" (1907) and "Fado" (1910). He always remained faithful to the naturalist style, but in some of is works, there are impressionist influences, like in his "Autumn" (1918), that can be considered as an "impressionist exercice".

He saw at the end of his life, the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum, in Caldas da Rainha.

[edit] Literature

• Henriques, P.: José Malhoa; INAPA, Lisbon, 1996. ISBN 9-729-01987-8

[edit] External links

• Biography and Works, in Portuguese.