Franco de Sousa (Henrique)
Biography of Henrique Franco de Sousa (born Funchal 1883), a Madeiran painter trained in Lisbon under Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro who studied in Madrid and Paris on the Valmor grant and returned to Madeira in 1914.
He is the brother of the preceding subject and was born in Funchal on 3 March 1883. In 1892 he began studying drawing at the Funchal Industrial School (Escola Industrial do Funchal), and then went to Lisbon to enrol at what was then the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Academia Real de Belas-Artes). There he completed his course in history painting under the eminent painter Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro in 1911. During his studies he won several bronze and silver medals, honourable mentions and the ‘Lupi’ and ‘Anunciação’ prizes.
In 1910 he exhibited for the first time at the National Society of Fine Arts (Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes), showing three paintings and five drawings, and on that occasion was awarded 2nd- and 3rd-class medals in painting and drawing. In 1911 he exhibited seven paintings and three drawings, and the State then acquired his painting Outros Tempos for the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museu de Arte Contemporânea). In 1912 he passed the competition for the Valmor Grant (Pensão Valmor) for artists to study abroad, leaving that same year for Madrid and later settling in Paris, where he painted Ar livre as proof of his progress abroad.
He returned to his native island in 1914, where he has continued to display his remarkable artistic gifts in many works of merit (1921).
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Henrique Franco de Sousa was born in Funchal.
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Henrique Franco de Sousa began drawing studies at the Escola Industrial do Funchal.
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Henrique Franco de Sousa first exhibited at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, winning second- and third-class medals.
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Henrique Franco de Sousa completed his history-painting course in Lisbon, and the State bought his painting 'Outros Tempos'.
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The architect won the Valmor scholarship and went to study in Madrid and later Paris.
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Henrique Franco de Sousa returned to Madeira.
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- Funchal
Birthplace of the painter and the town to which he returned in 1914.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Funchal Industrial School
Funchal. School where he began studying drawing in 1892.
School where he began studying drawing in 1892.
- Lisbon
Portugal. City where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Madrid
Spain. City he went to in 1912 on the Valmor grant.
The Spanish capital, where the Conde da Ega served as Portuguese ambassador and other Madeirans served at the Portuguese legation. Franco de Sousa and Miguéis went there in 1912 on the Valmor grant, and Dr Jacinto António de Sousa visited it for its scientific establishments.
- Paris
France. City where he settled and painted 'Ar livre'.
The French capital, where Franco de Sousa settled and painted 'Ar livre', and where Juvenal Honório de Ornelas took his medical doctorate in 1834. Padre Luiz Gonçalves da Câmara studied there and met Loyola, and the Barão de Ornelas graduated, practised and died there.
People
People mentioned · 02- Henrique Franco de Sousab. 1883
Madeiran painter born in Funchal in 1883, trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Lisbon and a Valmor grant holder, who is the subject of this entry.
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Eminent Portuguese painter under whom Henrique Franco de Sousa completed his course in history painting in 1911.