Almada Negreiros
Almada Negreiros | |
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Almada Negreiros, photographed by Vitoriano Braga | |
| Born | 7 April 1893 Roça Saudade, Trindade, São Tomé |
| Died | 15 July 1970 (aged 77) Hospital de São Luís dos Franceses, Lisbon |
| Occupation | Painter, writer |
| Genre | novel, play, poem, essays and pamphletary manifests |
| Literary movement | Futurism |
| Spouse | Sarah Afonso |
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José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, usually known as Almada Negreiros (7 April 1893 – 15 June 1970), was a Portuguese artist. He was born in the colony of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, the son of a Portuguese father, António Lobo de Almada Negreiros, and a Santomean mother, Elvira Freire Sobral. Besides literature and painting, Almada developed ballet choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass.