Abel Manta (12 October 1888 in Gouveia – 9 August 1982 in Lisbon) was an architect, painter, designer, and Portuguese cartoonist.[1][2]
Abel Manta | |
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 Abel Manta and his wife, Clementina Carneiro de Moura, Lisbon, 1973 | |
| Born | October 12, 1888 |
| Died | August 9, 1982 (aged 93) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Education | Lisbon School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Architecture, painting, design, cartooning |
| Spouse | Clementina Carneiro de Moura |
Between 1908 and 1915 Manta attended the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, completing the course in painting, having won the third Prize of the National Society of Fine Arts.[3]
In 1919 he went to Paris participating in the "Salon de la Société Nationale" among other galleries, having also attended the course of engraving with William Schlumberger. While there he met his wife, the Portuguese artist Clementina Carneiro de Moura.
He made several trips to study in Europe.
References edit
- ^ Hole, Abigail; Beech, Charlotte (2005), Portugal (5 ed.), Lonely Planet, p. 328, ISBN 978-1-74059-682-4
- ^ Serra, João B. (1998), Modern art in Portugal: 1910-1940 : the artist contemporaries of Fernando Pessoa, Edition Stemmle, p. 188, ISBN 9783908161011
- ^ "Abel Manta". Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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