Bernardo Loureiro Marques ( Silves, 1898 -

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, 1962), was a Portuguese

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. He was one of the most relevant Portuguese artists of his generation.José Augusto França includes Marques in the 2nd generation of 20th Century modern Portuguese painters, together with Mário Eloy and Carlos Botelho. FRANÇA, José Augusto - A Arte em Portugal no Século XX: 1911-1961

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Lisbon: Bertrand Editora, 1991, p. 183 He was married to the painter,

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. Mainly a self-taught artist, Bernardo Marques emerged in the 1920s as a graphic artist and caricaturist. In 1929, he visited Berlin and was deeply influenced by

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in particular). His work thereafter became formally and thematically stronger. Later his drawing became lighter and more poetic; he shifted his attention from people to things, particularly landscape. His final mode reveals highly sensitive visions of

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Bibliography

*Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques: Obras de 1950 a 1960. Lisbon:

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, 1966. *Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, 1989. *Marques, Bernardo – Bernardo Marques. Macau: Fundação Oriente, 1991. *Ruivo, Marina Bairrão - Bernardo Marques, 1898-1962. Lisbon: Ed. Presença, 1993.

External links

Instituto Camões – Bernardo Marques

References

1898 births 1962 deaths People from Silves, Portugal 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century Portuguese male artists Portuguese male painters {{portugal-painter-stub