The Brazilian painter Antônio Diogo da Silva Parreiras was born in 1860 in Niterói in the state of Rio de Janeiro. During his lifetime he also made a name for himself as an illustrator and draughtsman.
At the age of 22 he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. But he soon realized that the techniques presented there did not correspond to his imagination. Painting freely suited his nature more. He found an appropriate mentor in Johann Georg Grimm, a German professor and landscape painter, who introduced him to outdoor painting. In Europe, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, he refined his painting techniques. The Brazilian art academy Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, which has always had a decisive influence on Brazilian art, accepted him as professor for landscape painting. Like his former teacher Georg Grimm, he encouraged his students to paint in the open nature. His own paintings also reflect this style: Sometimes Parreiras portrayed the dark forests of the area around Rio de Janeiro, sometimes he drew light palm bays and the open sea.
His pictures are powerful and atmospheric and captivate with their attention to detail. Some of them are disturbing scenes: Wild animals in death throes, the conquest of South America. Parreira's paintings show desperate, tormented people, but also sensual, harmonious portraits of unclothed beauties in light, brighter tones as well as landscape impressions of quiet rural idyll. He also has a talent for historical depictions. They can be admired in the form of ceiling frescos in renowned buildings such as the Palace of Freedom in Belo Horizonte. Parreiras is one of the names of the most important Brazilian painters of the Belle Époque. Among his awards were several gold medals, which were awarded to him between 1918 and 1929. He also had a talent for writing. In 1926 he wrote the work "História de um Pintor contada por ele mesmo" - his own autobiography.
Parreiras died in 1937 in his birthplace Niterói. A museum built in his honour, which is housed in his former residence, reminds us of his impressive art.
The Brazilian painter Antônio Diogo da Silva Parreiras was born in 1860 in Niterói in the state of Rio de Janeiro. During his lifetime he also made a name for himself as an illustrator and draughtsman.
At the age of 22 he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. But he soon realized that the techniques presented there did not correspond to his imagination. Painting freely suited his nature more. He found an appropriate mentor in Johann Georg Grimm, a German professor and landscape painter, who introduced him to outdoor painting. In Europe, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, he refined his painting techniques. The Brazilian art academy Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, which has always had a decisive influence on Brazilian art, accepted him as professor for landscape painting. Like his former teacher Georg Grimm, he encouraged his students to paint in the open nature. His own paintings also reflect this style: Sometimes Parreiras portrayed the dark forests of the area around Rio de Janeiro, sometimes he drew light palm bays and the open sea.
His pictures are powerful and atmospheric and captivate with their attention to detail. Some of them are disturbing scenes: Wild animals in death throes, the conquest of South America. Parreira's paintings show desperate, tormented people, but also sensual, harmonious portraits of unclothed beauties in light, brighter tones as well as landscape impressions of quiet rural idyll. He also has a talent for historical depictions. They can be admired in the form of ceiling frescos in renowned buildings such as the Palace of Freedom in Belo Horizonte. Parreiras is one of the names of the most important Brazilian painters of the Belle Époque. Among his awards were several gold medals, which were awarded to him between 1918 and 1929. He also had a talent for writing. In 1926 he wrote the work "História de um Pintor contada por ele mesmo" - his own autobiography.
Parreiras died in 1937 in his birthplace Niterói. A museum built in his honour, which is housed in his former residence, reminds us of his impressive art.
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