Abel Manta
Abel Manta (12 October 1888 in Gouveia – 9 August 1982 in Lisbon) was an architect, painter, designer, and Portuguese cartoonist. Between 1908 and 1915 Manta attended the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, completing the course in painting, having won the third Prize of the National Society of Fine Arts. In 1919 he went to Paris participating in the "Salon de la Société Nationale" among other galleries, having also attended the course of engraving with William Schlumberger.
Abel Manta
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- Name
- Abel Manta
- Born
- 12 October 1888
- Birthplace
- Gouveia, Portugal
- Died
- 9 August 1982
- Place of death
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Field
- Architecture, painting, design, cartooning
- Training
- Lisbon School of Fine Arts
- Spouse
- Clementina Carneiro de Moura
- Nationality
- Portugal · Kingdom of Portugal
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
- Honours
- Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
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Abel Manta (12 October 1888 in Gouveia – 9 August 1982 in Lisbon) was an architect, painter, designer, and Portuguese cartoonist. Between 1908 and 1915 Manta attended the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, completing the course in painting, having won the third Prize of the National Society of Fine Arts. In 1919 he went to Paris participating in the "Salon de la Société Nationale" among other galleries, having also attended the course of engraving with William Schlumberger.
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While there he met his wife, the Portuguese artist Clementina Carneiro de Moura. He made several trips to study in Europe.
Abel Manta studied at Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Work by Abel Manta is recorded in the collections of Chiado Museum. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
Abel Manta, c. 1960s
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• Name — Abel Manta • Born — 12 October 1888 • Birthplace — Gouveia, Portugal • Died — 9 August 1982 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Field — Architecture, painting, design, cartooning • Training — Lisbon School of Fine Arts • Spouse — Clementina Carneiro de Moura
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- 1.França, José Augusto – A Arte em Portugal no Século XX: 1911-1961 [1974]. Lisboa: Bertrand Editora, 1991, p. 171-174. ISBN 972-25-0045-7
- 2.digitarq.arquivos.pt. 32v, assento 75.
- 3.Oriundo de uma família com poucos recursos, a sua ida para Lisboa teve o apoio da "Condessa de Vinhó e Almedina, pintora e admiradora de «coisas da arte»". Mendes, Clara – "Abel Manta". In: A.A.V.V. – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian: Roteiro da Coleção. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2004, p. 38. ISBN 972-635-155-3
- 4.Manta, Abel – Abel Manta, 1888-1982. Lisboa: Casa Museu Medeiros de Almeida, 2010
- 5.digitarq.arquivos.pt. fls. 146 e 146v, assento 146.
- 6.A.A.V.V. – Retrato de Família. Gouveia: Museu Municipal de Arte Moderna Abel Manta, 2009
- 7.Manta, Abel; Gomes, Dordio – Exposição de Janeiro: Abel Manta – Dordio Gomes. Lisboa: Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, 1965
- 8.Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas.
- 9.digitarq.arquivos.pt. fls. 242, assento 483.
- 10.Museu Municipal Abel Manta.
- 11.Helena Roldão. Ficha histórica: Mundo literário : semanário de crítica e informação literária, científica e artística (1946-1948). 27-01-2014.
- 12.Gusmão, Adriano de; Vasconcelos, Flórido de – Exposição de janeiro: Abel Manta; Dordio Gomes. Arte, Boletim da Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, jan. - fev. 1965, p. 16
- 13.Porfírio, José Luís – "Ver Abel Manta: uma pintura de proximidade". In: Manta, Abel – Abel Manta (1888-1982): um modernista esquecido. Lisboa: Casa-Museu Medeiros de Almeida, 2010, p. 9-12
- 14.Gusmão, Adriano de. In: Manta, Abel; Gomes, Dordio – Exposição de Janeiro: Abel Manta – Dordio Gomes. Lisboa: Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, 1965
- 15.Lapa, Pedro. In: A.A.V.V. – Museu do Chiado: Arte Portuguesa 1850-1950. Lisboa: Instituto Português de Museus, 1994, p. 224
- 16.Continuam por realizar uma investigação e uma exposição capazes de dar a conhecer a sua obra de forma abrangente e estruturada.
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