Carlos Botelho

Carlos Botelho ( born September 18, 1899 in Lisbon, Portugal, † August 18, 1982 ) was a Portuguese painter. He was one of the most important Portuguese painters of his time.

Life

Carlos Botelho was born in 1899 in Lisbon. Highly talented, because he played the violin and had a talent for drawing, he began his artistic studies in 1929 of free academies in Paris. He traveled after several European countries and the United States.

In 1938 he received the highest art prize Portugal, the Premio Souza - Cardoso.

Botelho was an extremely versatile man. He worked as a carpet and tile artist, set designer, decorator, draftsman and caricaturist.

In 1932 he had his first solo exhibition in Lisbon. Since 1930 he lived regularly in Lisbon district, the Mouraria.

Main theme of his work was Lisbon in different variants. The painter died on 18 August 1982 in his hometown.