Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro | |
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Self portrait (1929), Chiado Museum, Lisbon | |
| Born | Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro 21 November 1857 |
| Died | 6 November 1929 (aged 71) |
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (Almada, 21 November 1857 – Lisbon, 6 November 1929), who is usually referred to as Columbano, was a Portuguese Realist painter. Usually considered the greatest Portuguese painter of the 19th century, he has been compared to the likes of Wilhelm Leibl and John Singer Sargent.