- 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 ofAdolphe Yvon andAlexandre Cabanel . They became followers of the naturalistBarbizon School , and brought the new school of painting toPortugal , 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 andCharles-François Daubigny . Secondary effects fromimpressionism can sometimes be found in his paintings.His work is represented at the
Chiado Museum , inLisbon , and at theNational Museum Soares dos Reis , inPorto .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
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