Greyhounds (Souza-Cardoso)
Painting by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso
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Greyhounds (Portuguese: Os Galgos) is an oil on canvas painting by Portuguese artist Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, from 1911.
| Greyhounds | |
|---|---|
| Os Galgos (Portuguese) | |
| |
| Artist | Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso |
| Year | 1911 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 100 cm × 73 cm (39 in × 29 in) |
| Location | |
Description
The painting is an oil on canvas with overall dimensions of 100 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, in Lisbon.[citation needed]
Analysis
The scene shows two greyhounds and two hares against a flat background.[1]
Sources
- João B. Serra; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal) (1998). Modern art in Portugal: 1910-1940 : the artist contemporaries of Fernando Pessoa. Edition Stemmle. ISBN 9783908161011.
- Portuguese Art Since 1910: Exhibition at the Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, 2nd September to 1st October, 1978 : in Collaboration with the Anglo-Portuguese Society and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 1978.
