Vieira Portuense

Vieira Portuense
Portrait of Vieira Portuense by José Teixeira Barreto
Born(1765-05-13)13 May 1765
Porto, Kingdom of Portugal
Died2 May 1805(1805-05-02) (aged 39)
Funchal, Madeira, Kingdom of Portugal
Known forPainting
MovementRococo, Neoclassicism

Francisco Vieira (13 May 1765 – 2 May 1805), who chose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira.

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