José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (
1850-1899), Brazilian painter best known for his caipira paintings. Born in São Paulo, Almeida Júnior enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in 1869. A disciple of Vítor Meireles, Almeida Júnior specialized in drawing and historical painting. Between 1871 and 1874 he won seven student painting awards. In 1874 he obtained the gold medal in historical painting, entitling him to compete for the academy's European travel award competition. Although he declined, he did accept a monthly stipend to travel in Europe offered by the emperor, Pedro II, who took an active interest in supporting talented young artists.
In Paris, he studied with French academic artists and entered several Salon exhibitions. When he returned to Rio in 1882, he organized an exhibition to show the eight paintings he had completed while in Europe. They included religious paintings, figure studies, genre paintings, and a new category, caipira painting. His O Derrubador Brasileiro, the first in a series of caipira paintings, expanded the narrow thematic options then available to historical and genre painters. It remained faithful to the traditional academic aesthetic canons but depicted a scene in the daily life of the common people from the interior of the state of São Paulo. These paintings helped bring into focus the important historical role of the Brazilian backwoodsmen.
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| 1878, Self-portrait |
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| 1850, Descanso do model |
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| 1850, Menina com um livro |
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| 1874, Moine Capucin |
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| 1875, Lenhador brasileiro |
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| 1880, O arrependimento de Judas |
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| 1891, Sem título |
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| 1891, A Família de Antônio Augusto Pinto |
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| 1892 Joana Liberal da Cunha |
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| 1892, Leitura |
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| 1893 Caipira picando fumo |
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| 1893, Votorantim Waterfall |
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| 1894 Retrato do Dr. Euzébio Stevaux |
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| 1894, Amolação interrompida |
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| 1895 Apertando o Lombilho |
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| 1895, Bernardino de Campos |
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| 1895, Nhá Chica |
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| 1895, Recado Difícil |
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| 1895, Tabatinguera Bridge |
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| 1897 Partida da Monçao |
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1897 Partida da Monçao (detail)
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| 1898, The Inopportune |
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| 1899, O guitarrista |
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| 1899, Paisagem fluvial |
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| 1899, Saudade |
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1899, Saudade (detail)
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| Francisco Peixoto Gomide |
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| Paulo Valle Júnior "Almeida Júnior" |
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| Prudente de Moraes |
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| Retrato de Moça |
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