Jorge Colaço (26 February 1868 – 23 August 1942) was a Portuguese painter specially known for his works as

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, the son of a Portuguese diplomat. He studied art in

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. Even though Jorge Colaço was a canvas painter and caricaturist, he specialised in designing and painting

panels to decorate large surfaces. His designs had a late Romantic taste, celebrating the achievements of Portuguese history. Along with historical themes, he also produced ethnographic and landscape scenes. Among his most important works are tile panels in the Palace Hotel of Bussaco (1907); São Bento railway station in

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(1905–1916); Sports Pavilion of Eduardo VII Park in

(1922); façade of the

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in Porto (1932) and many others. He also has works in

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Gallery

File:Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2.jpg, Tile panel (1922) in the Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon. File:Working on the Beach by Jorge Colaço at Museu Nacional do Azulejo.jpg, "Working on the Beach", at National Museum of the Azulejo. File:Revolta Popular, 1637 - Jorge Colaço (Estação Ferroviária de Évora).png, "Popular Revolt, 1637" at Évora Train Station. File:Painel de azulejos de Jorge Colaço Estadio Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro.jpg, Tile panel at Vasco da Gama stadium in Rio de Janeiro. File:A Morte do Lidador, Jorge Colaço (Jardim Público de Beja) 2021-03-26.png, "The Death of The Lidador" (1940) in the Beja Public Park, Beja, Portugal. File:Jorge Colaço March 2016-1.jpg, "They're Goats, Sire", monument in Ponte de Lima, Portugal. File:Jorge Colaço March 2016-2.jpg, Representing the acclamation of King John IV of Portugal, in 1640, Ponte de Lima, Portugal 1940. File:Egas Moniz con su familia ante Alfonso VII de León, Jorge Colaço.jpg, Egas Moniz and his Family Before King Alfonso VII of Leon, 1903, at the São Bento Train Station in Porto. File:Chegada do caique ao Brasil.jpg, Arrival of the Caique ''Bom Sucesso'' in Brazil. File:Manuelinho.jpg, Manuelinho revolt- azulejo by Jorge Colaço at Évora railway station File:Olhao - Azuelos tile picture (13401222905).jpg, Revolt against the French, public monument in

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", in Centro Cultural Rodrigues de Faria, Forjães File:Estação Ferroviária de Vale do Peso - Portugal (6843333985).jpg, "Velada Hidroelectric Station" at the Vale do Peso Train Station. File:Estação Ferroviária do Vale do Peso - Portugal (6447342353).jpg, "Foz Station" at the Vale do Peso Train Station File:Estação Ferroviária de Vale do Peso - Portugal (6843334713).jpg, "Calvário, Nisa" at the Vale do Peso Train Station File:Estação Ferroviária do Vale do Peso - Portugal (6447352969).jpg, "Ceramics, Nisa" at the Vale do Peso Train Station File:Estação Ferroviária do Vale do Peso - Portugal (6447345215).jpg, "18th century Fountain" at the Vale do Peso Train Station File:Palace Hotel do Bussaco - Portugal (51149547074).jpg, Adamastor, at Palace Hotel Bussaco. File:Palácio Hotel de Bussaco XXX.jpg, Decorative tile panel at Bussaco Palace Hotel. File:Palace Hotel do Bussaco - Portugal (51091345710).jpg, Decorative tile panel at Bussaco Palace Hotel. File:Igreja de Santo Ildefonso - Porto - Portugal (32991529942).jpg, Tile panel at Santo Ildefonso church in Portugal. File:Azulejo L (4845697561).jpg, "Southern Cross" at Edward VII Park in Lisbon.

Distinctions

National orders

PRT Order of Saint James of the Sword - Grand Officer BAR

Grand Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (16 September 1936)

References

1868 births 1942 deaths Portuguese caricaturists People from Tangier 19th-century Portuguese painters 19th-century Portuguese male artists 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century Portuguese male artists Portuguese male painters Portuguese expatriates in Morocco Grand Officers of the Order of Saint James of the Sword {{Portugal-painter-stub