A quick visit to the 19th century main art works of National Museum Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal.

1. National Art Museum
‘Soares dos Reis’
Porto
Paintings and sculpture

2. A quick visit, in 2013, to some of
the portuguese art masterpieces
of the 19th century.

3. The 18th century building where the Museum is installed was the
residence and jewelry factory of a rich family of Porto. In 1809 it was
occupied as troop headquarters by general Soult during the French
invasions, then also by Wellington after the occupiers’ retreat.
In 1861 King D. Pedro V made it a Royal Palace for the Court’s lodging
when visiting the town.
After the Republic was established, the state took possession of the
palace in 1939 to install the art collections dispersed in the existing
small museums.

4. Data de 1470 esta espada real, provavelmente de D
Afonso V.
As duas voltas do punho começaram a ser utilizadas
no séc. XV para bloquear a espada do adversário.
Esteve muiios anos no Museu Soares dos Reis, mas
actualmente está no Museu Militar do Porto.

9. Soares dos Reis
He was born in Gaia, on the
south bank of Douro river, in
1847. After the conclusion of his
studies in Porto, he traveled and
worked in Paris and Rome.
He then lived and teached in
Porto.

10. Soares dos Reis
Outcast (O Desterrado)
Rome, 1872, Carrara marble

12. Soares dos Reis
Wild Flower (Flor Agreste)
1881

16. Silva Porto was born in Porto in 1850.
After he finished his art studies, he traveled to France, Italy
and Belgium. Since his return to Portugal he worked and
teached at Lisbon’s Academy of Fine Arts.
He is considered the greatest of the portuguese naturalist
painters.

17. The Harvest (A Colheita), 1893

19. The Red Gate (Cancela vermelha)
1880

21. Apple tree in
blossom
(Macieira em
flor)
1893

23. Head of a Girl
(Cabeça de rapariga)

25. Broken Bowl
(A Tigela Partida)
Italy, 1877 - 1878

27. No Areinho, 1880

29. Canal (Venice)
1877

30. Henrique Pousão was born in Vila Viçosa, in the south of
Portugal, in 1859.
He studied in Porto, then visited Paris, Rome and Capri,
where he was impressed by the mediterranean light.
His life was intense but short – he died at 25 years of age.

31. White houses of Capri (Casas brancas de Capri)
1882

34. Saint-Sauves
1881

35. Blue shutters
window
(Janela das
persianas azuis)
1883

36. A street
in Rome
A street
in Capri

37. A Roman Girl
(Rapariga Romana)
1882

39. Cecilia
1882

41. Lady dressed in black
(Senhora vestida de negro)
1882

43. Landscape – St. Sauves, 1881

45. Old woman reeling
(Velha a dobar)
1881

46. Marques de Oliveira
Remarkable in landscape and portrait painting, he was also born in
Porto in 1853.
Marques de Oliveira and Silva Porto were soul mates, in friendship as
well as in life.
They studied together at Porto’s Academy of Fine Arts, travelled to
Paris, where they improved their skills, then went through Europe,
staying in Belgium, the Netherlands, England and Italy.

48. Seamstresses working (Costureiras trabalhando)
1884

49. Pátio e Jardim
Cabeça de Poveira
1893

50. The Museum’s Terrace and Garden

58. The End
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59. © Mário Ricca, 2013