Almada Negreiros and the panels

Temporary exhibition at Sala do Tecto Pintado of the National Museum of Ancient Art

On display from october 15th 2020 to september 5th 2021

Curated by Simão Palmeirim

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 Almada Negreiros in the Monastery of Batalha 

The present virtual exhibition is a result of the adaptation of a temporary exhibition shown during the years 2021 and 2022 at the Founder’s Chapel of the Batalha Monastery, curated by Simão Palmeirim.

 Almada in "La Novela de Hoy"

This is the set of illustrations that Almada made between July 1927 and January 1931 for the collection La Novela de Hoy, published by Madrid’s Editorial Atlantida.

Image selection: Luis Manuel Gaspar

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 Manoel

This book by Joaquim Manso, Manoel, published in 1934, has illustrations by Almada Negreiros. It is an example of modernist graphic art, with full integration of images and words.

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 The Girl from the Sea by Sarah Affonso

In 1958, Sarah Affonso had nine drawings published in coloured pencil in the edition of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen's first children's story, The Girl from the Sea.

Image selection and captions: Sílvia Laureano Costa

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 Unknown Almada

“Almada por Contar” image gallery, an exhibition held at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (National Library of Portugal) between June 27 and October 5, 2013, which aims at outlining a diachronic vision of Almada's artistic journey.

Exhibition organized by: Sara Afonso Ferreira, Sílvia Laureano Costa e Simão Palmeirim.

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 Woman Wanted

Until it became a book, Wanted Woman went through a process of writing and rewriting.

Until it reached the stage, Wanted Woman underwent a process of scenic transformation, as well as minor censorship cuts.