Culture
Famous Artists from Portugal
List of the most popular artists from Portugal, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries artists have been among the world's most important people, helping chronicle history and keep us entertained with one of the earliest forms of entertainment. Whether they're known for painting, sculpting, etching or drawing, the famous Portuguese artists on this list have kept that tradition alive by creating renowned pieces of art that have been praised around the world. You can find useful information below about these notable Portuguese artists, such as when they were born and where their place of birth was.
Examples of artists on this list: Vieira Portuense, João Hogan and many more.
This list answers the questions, "Which famous artists are from Portugal?" and "Who are the most well-known Portuguese artists?"
For further information on these historic Portuguese artists, click on their names. If you're a fine art lover use this list of celebrated Portuguese artists to discover some new paintings that you will enjoy.- Le Promeneur Invisible (The Invisible Stroller), Dance, Rotterdam
- Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
- Nationality: France, Portugal
- Art Forms: Painting
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (13 June 1908 – 6 March 1992) was a Portuguese abstract painter. She was considered a leading member of the European abstract expressionism movement known as Art ...more - Menez or Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca, GOSE (Lisbon, 1926–1995) was a Portuguese painter. Her major body of work consists of paintings and drawings but she also produced ceramics, engravings, ...more
- Espacilimitado
- Birthplace: Chaves Municipality, Portugal, Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal
- Art Forms: Painting
Nadir Afonso, GOSE was a geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied ...more - Prolific architect (and landscape architect) whose many works are usually purist modernist designs. He was one of the most influential architects of his generation. Many of his buildings still exist ...more
- Dog Woman, Celestina's House, Olga
- Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal, United Kingdom
- Art Forms: Painting
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (born 26 January 1935) is a Portuguese-born visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego’s style has evolved from ...more - Josefa de Óbidos (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛfɐ ð(j) ˈɔβiðuʃ]; ca. 1630 – 22 July 1684) was a Spanish-born Portuguese painter. Her birth name was Josefa de Ayala Figueira, but she signed her work as, "Josefa ...more
- Cristóvão Lopes (c.1516–1594) was a Portuguese painter. Cristóvão Lopes was the son and disciple of royal painter Gregório Lopes, who died in 1550. Cristóvão succeeded his father as the royal painter ...more
- Alves Santos House, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal
- Birthplace: Matosinhos, Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal
Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, is a Portuguese architect, and architectural educator. He is internationally known as Alvaro Siza. - The Leap of the Rabbit, Carnation Girl, The Green-eyed Mask
- Birthplace: Amarante Municipality, Portugal, Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal
- Art Forms: Painting
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (14 November 1887 – 25 October 1918) was a Portuguese painter. - Henrique César de Araújo Pousão (Vila Viçosa, 1 January 1859 - Vila Viçosa, 20 March 1884) was a Portuguese painter.
- Homenagem a Lucca Signorelli
- Birthplace: Trindade, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Nationality: Portugal
- Art Forms: Painting
José Sobral de Almada Negreiros (April 7, 1893 – June 15, 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 ...more - Alfredo Cristiano Keil (3 July 1850 – 4 October 1907) was a Portuguese romantic composer and painter. Keil was born in Lisbon, the son of Johann Christian Keil (son of Johann Georg Keil and wife ...more
- Augusto Cabrita (1923–1993) was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal.
- Francisco de Holanda (originally Francisco d'Olanda; 6 September 1517 – 19 June 1585) was a Portuguese court painter, architect, and sculptor for King João III of Portugal, and later for Sebastian of ...more
- Abel Salazar may refer to: Abel Salazar (actor) (1917-1995), Mexican film actor, producer and director Abel Salazar (scientist) (1889-1946), Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and ...more
- Juno Doran is a visual and sound artist based in North Dorset, United Kingdom.
- O Pobre Rabequista
- Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal
- Art Forms: Painting
José Rodrigues de Carvalho (July 16, 1828 in Lisbon – October 19, 1887 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese painter. O Pobre Rabequista (The poor rabequista), painted in 1855 and considered Rodriques' most ...more - Reward for Lost Yellow, Lost Rascal, HELP! My name is Baby!
- Birthplace: Portugal
- Nationality: Portugal, United States of America
- Art Forms: Painting
Rigo 23 (born Ricardo Gouveia, 1966) is a Portuguese muralist, painter, and political artist residing in San Francisco, California. He is known in the San Francisco community for having painted a ...more - 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 ...more
- Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (21 March 1846 – 23 January 1905) was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture, and ceramics designs. Bordalo Pinheiro created the popular ...more
- José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (Caldas da Rainha, 28 April 1855 - Figueiró dos Vinhos, 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese painter. Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, ...more
- Mário Eloy (15 March 1900 in Algés – 5 September 1951 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese expressionist painter. Eloy was born in Lisbon. His style shows the influence of painters like van Gogh, Picasso ...more
- Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos or Mário Cesariny (August 9, 1923 – November 26, 2006) was a Portuguese surrealist poet. He published several major works during a career spanning 50 years. Cesariny was ...more
- Domingos António de Sequeira (Lisbon; 10 March 1768 – Rome; 8 March 1837) was a famous Portuguese painter at the Royal Court of King John VI of Portugal.
- Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 – 2003) was a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Oporto, Portugal. The workmanship of Manuel Pereira da Silva has an abstract formal orientation inspired in ...more
