Maximiano Alves (22 August 1888 – 22 January 1954) was a Portuguese sculptor.

Biography

Alves was born in Lisbon. He was the son of the engraver of the mint. He finished his course on sculpture at

Lisbon School of Fine Arts The Lisbon School of Fine Arts (''Escola de Belas-Artes de Lisboa'') was a university-level school for painting, sculpture and architecture. It started life in 1836 as part of the National Academy of Fine Arts (''Academia Nacional de Belas-Arte ...

in 1911, where he attended with a sculptor

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(his uncle) and two painters Luciano Freire and Ernesto Condeixa. He was awarded with a rank of an official of the Order of Christ, later he took part in the conception and execution of the Great War Monument in Lisbon. He took part in artistic works in different periodical publications, one example was a review ''Alma Nova'' which was published in Faro in 1914.

Expositions

He took part in different expositions including: *

Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 (; ) was a world's fair held in Seville, Spain, from 9 May 1929 until 21 June 1930. Countries in attendance of the exposition included: Portugal, the United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, C ...

, in 1929 * International and Colonial Exposition, Paris, in 1931 *

Portuguese World Exhibition The Portuguese World Exhibition () was held in Lisbon in 1940 to mark 800 years since the foundation of the country and 300 years since the restoration of independence from Spain. The fair ran from 23 June to 2 December 1940, held on the Praça d ...

, Lisbon. in 1940

Selected works

* Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon, 1931 * Fountain at Alviela Canal, Sacavém, 1940 * Sculptures of the Monumental Fountain, Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, Lisboa, c. 1940 * Bust of Marechal Carmona * Bust of Cesário Verde, Lisbon, 1955 * Bust of

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, Lisbon, 1953 * Bust of Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade At the João de Deus Museum-School: * Bust of Casimiro Freire * Bust of Pedro Gomes da Silva At the Museu da Marinha (Marine Museum) * Statue of

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* Statue of D. Manuel I * Statue of

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At the Palácio de São Bento * Statue of Diplomacy (''Estátua da Diplomacia''), at the "Hall of Sessions" (''Sala das Sessões'') * Statue of "Força" ("Strength") at the entrance> * Bust of António Cândido, in the atrium * Bust of Hintze Ribeiro, in the atrium In Cape Verde: * Monument to Dr. António Lereno, at António Loreno Square in the city of

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, 1940 * Monument to

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, 1940

Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon

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Sculptures, Monumental Fountain, Lisbon

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''Força'', Palácio de S. Bento, Lisbon

File:Palácio de São Bento - A Força, by Maximiano Alves.jpg

References

Bibliography

* Bethencourt, Francisco, Chaudhuri, Kirti, dir – ''A História da expansão Portuguesa'' (''History of the Portuguese Expansion''). Lisboa, Circle of Letters, 1998 * Saial, Joaquim – Estatuária Portuguesa dos Anos 30 (1926–1940) (''Portuguese Statues in the 1930s (1926–1940)''). Lisbon, Bertrand, 1991

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