José Malhoa

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 Drunks" (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 exercise".

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

Literature

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

External links

* [http://www.eusei.com/pessoal/MALHOA1933.html Biography and Works] , in Portuguese.