Thursday, August 28, 2014

Domingos Rebelo

[Portugal] (b 1891/d 1975)


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Since the early days of his infancy , Domingos Rebelo show an unusual aptness to the art of Painting...In opposition to the difficult conditions and life on the Azores Islands , he manage to built economic support to travel to Paris to start his studies of Painting...attended the ' Académie de la Grande Chaumière' where he meets another Portuguese and Foreign Artists... After his return to the Azores, he continued  to make regular exhibitions at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon. During the decades of 20 and 30 his work was dedicated to the Azores costumes , traditions and way of living.. many short voyages were done during this period , resulting in several National and International Exhibitions and Prizes. In 1942 he settled definitely in Lisbon where a new period of his work started, with a much more varied thematic's.. His work is spread across palaces, monuments , churches and public buildings.
From 1947 to 1970 was director of the Fine Arts Society ...

Portugal 1951 "National Fisheries Congress" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho] Sc(729,730)





Portugal 1951 "25th Anniv of National Revolution" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho] Sc(737,738)



Portugal 1968 "IV Centenary of Bento de Gois" (2) [Perf 13.5 x 12][Intaglio (A. Lucas)] Sc(1017,1018)




some images are credit of Jesuit Stamps
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Arnaldo Fragoso

[Portugal] (b? / d?)


Arnaldo Fragoso was Chief Engraver of the 'Casa da Moeda' during the 30's until 1944(date of the the last stamp engraved by Fragoso for Portugal..) ... 

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Portugal 1931 "VII Centenary of the Death of St. Anthony of Lisbon" (6) [Perf 11.5][Typo (Arnaldo Fragoso)] Sc(528) [only the 15c stamp was designed by Arnaldo Fragoso]



Portugal 1931 "V Centenary of the Death of Nuno Alvares Pereira" (6) [Perf 11][Typo (Arnaldo Fragoso)] Sc(534,...,539)


Portugal 1934 "President Carmona" (1) [Perf 11.5][Typo (Arnaldo Fragoso)] Sc(556)


Portugal 1935 "Prince Henry 'The Navigator'" (2) [Perf 11.5][Typo (Arnaldo Fragoso)] Sc(564,565)




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Monday, August 25, 2014

Alvaro Duarte de Almeida

[Portugal] (b 1909/d 1972)



Studied Painting at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts and distinguished himself as designer of Bullfighting motifs and Children's Literature Illustration.
Nominated Professor of  Design of the Fine Arts Society in 1941.. Worked for many Magazines : "Seda Y Oro (Sevilla)","Ilustração","Magazine Bertrand","Domingo Ilustrado","Seculo Ilustrado", "Grande enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira", etc..
Was awarded with several Prizes along his career.. 

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Portugal 1937 "Centenary of the Establishment of the Lisbon and Porto Medical and Surgical Schools" (1) [Perf 11.5][Photo (INCM)] Sc(571) 




Portugal 1940 "Numerals" (11) [Engr (Guilherme Santos)][Typo (Casa da Moeda)] Sc(J54,...,J64)





Portugal 1958 "VI Internacional Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malária" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho] Sc(836,837)




Portugal 1959 "Aveiro Millennial" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho] Sc(844,845)




Portugal 1961 "Centenary of the Establishment of the College of Letters of Lisbon" (2) [Perf 13.5][Intaglio (Mario Balardi)][Print (Joh Enschéde en Zonen, Holand)] Sc(871,872)





Some Images are credit of José Carlos Tavares
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

João Araújo

[Portugal] (b 1929)


Studied Architecture, Sculpture and Painting at the Antonio Arroio School of Art  and at the Lisbon Superior School of Fine Arts, .. During his time as  professor ,he was distinguished with the Roque Gameiro 1st Prize... Engraving was also one of his specialties ( His father , Renato Araújo, was also a renown Engraver..) and received a Prize of the Fine Arts National Society..worked for some time in the Bank of Portugal  and was the engraver of  13 Bank Notes.. 
Among the huge diversity that marked his Work , Religious themes were always his favorites with many works as Architect , stained glass , painter , etc
[ in this field we can mention the Santa Maria Goretti Chapel in the Encarnação Church in Lisbon (1954) , several works to the Fatima Basilica (until 1967..) , stained glass for the Nampula Cathedral (Mozambique) (1968 / 1997) , and others..]
In 1976 one of his religious paintings showing Christ in the Cross was chosen to the Pope's Collection...
A period of great success followed , and many exhibitions have taken place.. his Artistic Work has been distinguished trough all the world .

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Angola 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisbon)] Sc(331,332)
Cape Verde Islands 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(268,269)
Mozambique 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(330,331) INC
Portuguese India 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(490,491) INC
Timor 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(258,259) INC
St. Thomas & Prince Islands 1950 "Holy Year" [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal,Lisboa)] Sc(353,354) INC
Macao 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(339,340) INC
Bissau Guinea 1950 "Holy Year" (2) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(273,274) INC

















Portuguese India 1951 "Holy Year " (8) [Perf 13.5][Litho (Litografia de Portugal, Lisboa)] Sc(407,...,414) INC




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