José Vital Branco Malhoa (Portuguese, 1855-1933)

The resting woodcutter

细节

José Vital Branco Malhoa (Portuguese, 1855-1933)
The resting woodcutter
signed and dated 'Jose Malhoa/1923' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
16 x 23¾ in. (40.5 x 60.5 cm.)

来源

Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 June 2010, lot 193.
This was a wedding gift to the previous owner in 1968. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989.

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拍品专文

Malhoa was at the forefront of the Portuguese Naturalist painting movement in the latter half of the 19th century. He often painted scenes from daily life, exemplified here in this painting of a woodcutter taking a rest at the edge of the forest. Malhoa always remained faithful to the Naturalist style, but in some of his works there are Impressionist influences.
He saw at the end of his life, the inauguration of the José Malhoa Museum, in Caldas da Rainha.