Os animais na pintura e na escultura em Portugal (original) (raw)

2016, in Animais na Cerâmica Caldense. Colecção de João Maria Ferreira, Caldas da Rainha, Molda 2016, Caldas da Rainha Cidade Cerâmica, pp. 38-43.

In terms of art history, the representation of animals can be found since prehistory. As noted by Raul Correia: «(...) in the most natural and simplest way, Art was installed forever among human creatures; and animals, friends or enemies, servants and companions or simple hunting pieces, have always been installed in the Art, and practically in all the Arts» . However, it was mainly from the 15th century that animalism began to gain greater thematic consistency. One of the first artists to dedicate himself to the painting of animals was the Dutch Paulus Potter (1625-1654), who influenced the realist and naturalist art of the 19th century, namely in the work of the French artist Constant Troyon (1810-1865). As animalist painters, in France, Charles Jacque (1813-1894) and especially Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) stood out. In England, there are mainly George Stubbs (1724-1806) and Edward Landseer (1802-1873) – author of the canine portrait of Eos, A Favorite Greyhound of Prince Albert (1841) .