António Carvalho de Silva Porto

António de Carvalho da Silva Porto (1850 — 1893) was a Portuguese naturalist painter.

Born in Porto, he studied there under João António Correia and T. Furtado, then continued his studies in Paris and Rome.

While in Paris he exhibited his work in the "Salon" and in the World´s Fair of 1878. In Paris, he studied with his friend João Marques de Oliveira, where they were pupils of Adolphe Yvon and Alexandre Cabanel. They became followers of the naturalist Barbizon School, and brought the new school of painting to Portugal, when they returned in 1879.

Silva Porto become one of the most acclaimed naturalist painters of his generation, showing the heritage of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny. Secondary effects from impressionism can sometimes be found in his paintings.

His work is represented at the Chiado Museum, in Lisbon, and at the National Museum Soares dos Reis, in Porto.

External links

* [http://www.uc.pt/artes/6spp/a4.html Seis Séculos de Pintura Portuguesa - Catálogo A3] Contains 7 of his paintings
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/23587 Artfacts.Net:Silva Porto] Exhibitions and galleries containing his work