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Lisbon has a window into the work of a great artist at the SNBA: “Lourdes Castro: There is Light in the Shadow”
The exhibition showcasing part of the collection of the late Portuguese animation film critic and promoter ends next Saturday, the 11th, at the National Society of Fine Arts. The collection of original drawings was built through the network of friendships and encounters he created with great names in world animation.
Painter Armando Alves, a member of the group Os Quatro Vintes alongside Ângelo de Sousa, José Rodrigues, and Jorge Pinheiro, has died at the age of 90, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) announced on Tuesday, March 31. The group was named after the top grade (20 out of 20) that all four members received upon graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Porto. Alves was a pioneer in Graphic Arts education and later had a distinguished career in editorial and poster design. Following the deaths of his colleagues, Jorge Pinheiro remains the only surviving member of the group.
An exhibition at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon takes us back to a time when cartoons were an art form on television, thanks to Vasco Granja. Until April 4th.
