Fernando Calhau (1948-2002) was a Portuguese artist. Born in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, he finished a degree in painting at ESBAL (Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa/ the Lisbon School of Fine Arts) in 1973. In the same year he moved to

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with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He completed his studies in the field of

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ...

with

Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos (Barto) (24 August 1931 – 21 May 2008) was a Portuguese artist and professor who specialized in the plastic arts, with an emphasis on printmaking and engravings. Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos was born in Lisbon, Portugal, ...

at the

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. Fernando Calhau's art comprises a wide range of pieces of work:

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

, engraving,

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

and

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

References

External links

Modern Art Centre, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Calhau, Fernando 1948 births 2002 deaths Artists from Lisbon Portuguese artists