Orchids, 1876.
Orquídeas (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
7 works held in 4 museums
Brazilian painter of still lifes and landscapes, Academicism, 1824-1878
Orquídeas (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
Fruta-do-conde (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil
Natureza-morta com frutas (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil
Beduínos (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on cardboard
Museu Paulista collection (Fundo Museu Paulista), Brazil
Retrato de Luís Antônio Alves de Carvalho (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
Mamão e melancia (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
Palácio Imperial de Petrópolis (museum title)
Agostinho José da Mota (Brazilian), oil on canvas
Pinacoteca de São Paulo (Fundação Estudar collection), Brazil
Agostinho José da Mota (1824-1878) was a Brazilian painter, born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Trained at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, he devoted himself above all to still life and landscape. His compositions of tropical fruit (papayas, watermelons, custard apples, star fruit) and his orchids are among the best-known images of nineteenth-century Brazilian painting. He also painted portraits and views, such as the one of the Imperial Palace of Petrópolis.
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