Georgina de Albuquerque (February 4, 1885 – August 29, 1962) was a Brazilian

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painter and teacher. She was known for her interest in female subjects. Her husband Lucílio was a noted painter in his own right and the two are strongly associated with each other.

Early life

De Albuquerque was born Georgina de Moura Andrade on February 4, 1885, in

Taubaté Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. History Taubaté was part of the ancient Tupinambá Territory, along the Paraíba do Sul River. The Tupinambá Territory in the 16th century, stretched from ...

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. She began her studies in painting at the age of 15 in 1900 in her native Taubaté. She was tutored in her own home by the Italian painter Rosalbino Santoro, who taught her the basic principles of painting, such as the laws of perspective and the techniques of mixing paint.

Training

De Albuquerque moved to

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in 1904 at the age of 19, where she enrolled at the

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(National School of Fine Arts), studying under

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. She moved to

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in 1906, after marrying the painter

Lucílio de Albuquerque Lucílio de Albuquerque (9 May 1877 – 19 April 1939) was a Brazilian painter, designer and art professor. Biography His father was a magistrate. @ Pitoresco. After a brief period of studying law at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade d ...

. In Paris she attended the

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and the

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, where she was a student of

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Career

In 1911 Georgina de Albuquerque returned to Brazil and exhibited her work in

. From then on she participated regularly in the General Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1927 Georgina de Albuquerque became a professor at the

in Rio de Janeiro, where she taught artistic design. In 1935 she began teaching a course in decorative arts at the Institute of Arts of the University of the Federal District. In 1940 she founded the Museu Lucílio de Albuquerque at her home in the neighbourhood of

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. She established a pioneering course in drawing and painting for children. Between 1952 and 1954 she held the post of Director at the

Death

Georgina de Albuquerque died on August 29, 1962, in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 77.

Gallery

File:Georgina de Albuquerque - Lady - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Lady'', by Georgina de Albuquerque, 1906 File:Lucílio de Albuquerque - Retrato de Georgina de Albuquerque, 1907.jpg, Portrait of Georgina de Albuquerque by

, 1907 File:Maria Leopoldina regent.jpg, Georgina de Albuquerque, 1922, '' Sessão do Conselho de Estado'', oil on canvas,

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