José de Almada Negreiros worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists José de Almada Negreiros as Portuguese artist and writer (1893-1970).
José de Almada Negreiros was born at São Tomé Island in 1893. His recorded nationality is Portugal.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
He worked as poet, painter and writer.
His recorded movement is futurism.
An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
Recognition followed: Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
That the work was made in Portugal shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
José de Almada Negreiros died in 1970, aged 77. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
- Movement: Futurism
