Rodolfo Amoedo (
11 December 1857, Salvador - 31 May 1941, Rio de Janeiro) was a
Brazilian painter🎨, designer and decorator.
His interest in art and decoration began when a family friend (who was a lyricist) invited him to do work on the now defunct Teatro São Pedro.
In 1873, he enrolled at the "Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Rio de Janeiro", where he studied with Victor Meirelles.
The following year, he transferred to the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes.
His teachers there included João Zeferino da Costa, Agostinho José da Mota and the sculptor Francisco Manuel Chaves Pinheiro.
In 1878, his painting on the "Sacrifice of Abel" narrowly won him a travel fellowship to study in Europe.
From 1879-1887, he lived and studied in Paris.
Initially, he attended the Académie Julian, but finally managed to enroll at the École des Beaux-arts in 1880, where he received the guidance of
Alexandre Cabanel🎨, Paul Baudry and
Puvis de Chavannes🎨.
From 1882-1884, he participated in the Salon while developing his primary themes of mythology, Biblical scenarios and Indianismo.
On his return to Rio de Janeiro in 1888, he was appointed an Honorary Professor as the Academia, but actually taught at the Escola Politécnica and held his first personal exhibition.
He won a gold medal at the "Exposição Nacional Comemorativa do 1º Centenário da Abertura dos Portos do Brasil" (1908).
He later became a Professor at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (ENBA), where he encouraged students to research the various process of painting (tempera, encaustic, watercolor etc.).
He also served as Vice-Director and Acting Director on several occasions.
In addition to his canvases, he painted panels for the Supremo Tribunal Federal in 1909, the Biblioteca Nacional and the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro in 1916.
Two years later, he was
awarded🎨 the Second Chair in the School of Painting, a position he held until 1934.
Among his best-known students were the brothers Arthur Timótheo da Costa and João Timóteo da Costa, Lucílio de Albuquerque,
Eliseu Visconti🎨 and Cândido Portinari.
| © WikipediaRodolfo Amoedo (
Salvador, 11 dicembre 1857 - Rio de Janeiro, 31 maggio 1941) è stato un
pittore Brasiliano🎨.
Cominciò la carriera da artista nel 1873 come studente di Victor Meirelles.
Nel 1878 vinse il primo premio alla Accademia Brasiliana, permettendogli così di andare a Parigi, dove visse dal 1879-1887 studiando alla École des Beaux Arts.
Fu allievo di
Alexandre Cabanel🎨 e lavorò anche con Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry. Amoedo fu professore e poi direttore dell'Accademia Brasiliana, poi rinominata Escola Nacional de Belas Arts alla caduta dell'Impero Brasiliano.
Tra i suoi studenti vi fu Eliseu Visconti. I dipinti di Amoedo sono esposti al Museu Nacional de Belas Artes di Rio de Janeiro.
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