António Carvalho de Silva Porto

António Carvalho de Silva Porto studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto. Training under Alexandre Cabanel, Charles-François Daubigny and Carlos Reis is recorded. Fanny Munró is recorded as having studied under António Carvalho de Silva Porto. The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is painting. Work by António Carvalho de Silva Porto is recorded in the collections of Mariano Procópio Museum, Chiado Museum, National Museum Soares dos Reis, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes and José Malhoa Museum. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

• Name — Silva Porto • Birth Name — António Carvalho da Silva • Born — 11 November 1850 • Birthplace — Porto, Portugal • Died — 1 July 1893 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Field — Painting • Movement — Naturalism

Born in Porto, he studied there under João António Correia and Tadeu de Almeida Furtado, then continued his studies in Paris and Rome. While in Paris he exhibited his work in the Salon and in the World's Fair of 1878. In Paris, he studied with his friend João Marques de Oliveira, where they were pupils of Adolphe Yvon and Alexandre Cabanel. They became followers of the naturalist Barbizon School, and brought the new school of painting to Portugal, when they returned in 1879. Silva Porto become one of the most acclaimed naturalist painters of his generation, showing the heritage of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny. Secondary effects from impressionism can sometimes be found in his paintings. He died in 1893 in Lisbon. His work is represented at the Chiado Museum, in Lisbon, and at the National Museum Soares dos Reis, in Porto. The Soares dos Reis National Museum houses his No Areinho, Douro; Uma Marinha (Marine); Conduçao do rebanho (Driving the herd); Costume de Capri; A Volta do mercado (Silva Porto) and Colheita - Ceifeiras.